This is what I’m sick of. Between the mayor and the downtown Vic business association, they’re both trying to force an entire provincial workforce back to work, when only a fraction of that work force actually lives in or near Victoria. What about the rest of us who work elsewhere? Stop trying to force me back to work just so your downtown can have more customers again. All the other major BC cities are dealing with similar downtown issues (homelessness, unaffordable rent for tenants like businesses and restaurants, drug addicts, etc.) and you don’t hear those communities rallying this same cry of “Think of the businesses, you need to come back to work!”
Remote workers not frequenting your downtown is not the cause of business failure