During COVID many departments actually hired from all over the country as opposed to mostly from national capital region and other big gov cities. This allowed to hire better people from all over Canada which was more fair to applicants across entire Canada and not artificially restrict to talent found regionally.I am on the wall about WFH. I agree it will increase their productivity but I am worried about my data security. I don't even know how secure my data is even in IRCC facilities for that matter.
I forgot to mention that one of the reasons they won't join the private sector is cause they are not unionized. Because when they are unionized, they can go on strike and cause public all sorts of inconveniences, as they are doing right now.
You may find hard to believe but many people find themselves in the public sector because they prefer to work to serve Canadians at large instead of making some company owner's richer.