But Canadian business and government is behind Japan and the U.S. in adopting the practice.
About 1.5 million Canadians work from home, at least occasionally, says Bob Fortier, president of the Canadian Telework Association and InnoVisions Canada in Manotick, Ont., a half hour from Ottawa.
That’s a far cry from Japan’s target – it wants 20 per cent of the entire national workforce to telecommute by the end of this decade.
Governments around the world recognize the economic efficiencies of telework on a grand scale – fewer roads to build and maintain, less commuter pollution, fewer buildings to construct and heat.
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