PSAC, other unions oppose private sector modernization of heating and cooling plants

The Public Service Alliance of Canada is banding together with several other unions in a campaign to oppose the contracting out of five heating and cooling plant operations in the National Capital Region, which provide service to about 100 buildings, including the Parliamentary Precinct, through about 14 kilometres of underground tunnels.
The unions say the Government of Canada is in the process of choosing a corporate consortium to design, finance, build, maintain and operate the plants on a 30