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National defence union fights government plan to outsource security jobs | iPolitics - 1 views

  • online campaign urging the government to reconsider outsourcing 91 national security jobs, a transfer current employees say would put the country’s safety at risk.
  • plan to outsource dozens of jobs at Communications Security Establishment Canada, the low-key federal agency responsible for monitoring foreign signals and military intelligence
  • potential consequences of allocating the low-level jobs to Plenary Group, a private company that is also working on the construction of the department’s new multimillion-dollar headquarters
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  • Allowing a private organization into national security . . . is going to make the country – and other countries Canada does business with – vulnerable
  • Simpson said government jobs will not be lost in the transition and that about 20 new public-service positions will be created to manage the department’s relationship with private contractors.
  • Simpson said he could not comment how effective the union tactic was
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