Stop the Sale of Federal Buildings
The Conservative government intends to sell and then lease back nine federal buildings as a pilot project that will be expanded to include up to 40 more buildings.
Backgrounder, Leaflet  , Email Your MP
December 6, 2007
NEVP Appears Before Committee
National Executive Vice-President Patty Ducharme brings confidential information to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates. The committee is examining the Federal Government’s Real Estate Plan, including the sale of seven federal buildings.
October 24, 2007
Two federal buildings yanked from sale
Ottawa should call off the entire transaction - PSAC
OTTAWA – The federal government should call off the sale of nine federal office buildings in the wake of its last minute decision to pull two Vancouver properties out of the transaction, according to the Public Service Alliance of Canada. »
August 29, 2007
Read the Informetrica commentary prepared for the PSAC on the sale and lease back of federal governement buildings.
August 21, 2007
Anti-building Sale Protests Move West,
Events Held in Edmonton, Calgary
Western PSAC members joined the growing protests against the federal government’s plan to liquidate federally-owned real estate assests.
August 20, 2007
Sale of Federal Buildings Condemned at Press Conference
PSAC Members Leaflet Vancouver's Sinclair Centre and Burrard Building
August 20, 2007
Feds give away more than $600 million in building sale
Ottawa – The federal government has sold nine government buildings for more than $600 million less than their actual value to Larco Investments Ltd., according to an analysis conducted by the economic research firm Informetrica Ltd.
News Release
July 17, 2007
PSAC Members Rally Against Building Sale,
Toronto Protest Draws 300
The PSAC held a rally today to alert the public to the Conservative government's plan to sell the Joseph Shepard Building.
July 12, 2007
Protests Move to Montreal,
PSAC Members Say No to Building Sale
Demonstrations against the Conservative government's plans to sell off federal buildings are moving to Montreal.
News Release, Event Photos
June 12, 2007
PSAC President Denounces Building Sale,
Ottawa Demo Draws National Media
Today is the closing day for bids on nine choice pieces of federal government real estate in some of Canada's hottest markets.
New Release, Video (23,851kb), YouTube, Event Photos, Protest Song MP3 (5,217 kb)
May 10, 2007
Unions United in Opposition to Building Sale,
PSAC, Unite-Here Hold Joint News Conference
PSAC National Executive Vice President Patty Ducharme joins activists from UNITE HERE at a Press Conference in Ottawa to denounce the Conservative Government's Plan to sell public buildings to the private sector.
News Release
May 2, 2007
Harper Government Proposes Sale of Federal Buildings,
Numbers Add Up to a Bad Deal for Canadians
The Public Service Alliance of Canada is calling on the Harper government to stop the sell-off of publicly-owned buildings.
News Release
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