OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday his government’s plan to get public servants to spend more time in the office will come into “sharper view” over the next several weeks.

The issue came up when Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe asked Carney about the prospect of public sector job cuts during the mayor’s monthly breakfast event with the Ottawa Board of Trade and the Ottawa Business Journal.

Carney said his government will be “engaging with the public sector unions on the modalities” of the back-to-office policy.

“We will come to a much sharper view on it over the course of the next several weeks,” he said.

Carney provided few clues as to his thinking on the issue, but did say the amount of time public servants will be expected to be in the office in-person will be set at differe

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