I've got a friend who works for a government agency up here in BC, Canada. She's been all remote for years, but they now want her (and everyone else) in the off

I've got a friend who works for a government agency up here in BC, Canada. She's been all remote for years, but they now want her (and everyone else) in the office 2 days a week, likely going up to 3. Problem is, the office is almost a 2-hour drive, one way, from home, and she's not doing anything there that can't be done from home. Her manager (who has no power over the policy itself) thinks he has a solution though; there's a different government office in her city that she could probably work at instead, at least most of the time. She doesn't know anyone there, and there's no work done there related to her work (let alone anything she couldn't do at home), but they think it could check the "be in the office" box.