Heat to be restored at Garrison Petawawa during PSAC strike
CTV
Heat and hot water will return to Garrison Petawawa, after roughly 700 military members living on the base and office staff were without heat for three days during the strike by public service workers.
Heat and hot water will return to Garrison Petawawa, after roughly 700 military members living on the base and office staff were without heat for three days during the strike by public service workers.
Officials with Garrison Petawawa tell CTV News Ottawa public service workers at the central heating plant on the base have now been deemed essential, and the plant will soon be back in operation.
"I just don't know when the plant will be operational, Garrison is currently working on that," an official said in a statement.
On Thursday, CTV News Ottawa reported approximately 700 military members living on the base in Petawawa were without heat or hot water after some federal workers were deemed non-essential during the Public Service Alliance of Canada strike and the plant was shut down.
CTV News learned on Friday that the extent of the impact was more widespread, with offices on the base also without heat.
Offices on the base are also without heat, affecting the workers that come in to work on site.
"It was freezing," said Capt. Glenn Mowat, who works at CFB Petawawa's Transition Centre, which helps armed forces' members' transition out of the military to civilian life.
