Government Operations committee  We are requesting that the emissions assessment and the environmental impact be included in the business proposal.

Government Operations committee  No, that would be the government.

Government Operations committee  It's the public works department.

Government Operations committee  To my knowledge, there have been no specific reasons cited, but that could very well be it.

Government Operations committee  It's crucially important, considering the impact that this is going to have on the public, on workers, on Canadians who live here and on visitors to our city. Our whole goal is to include our members, public servants, to come up with the best plan possible, to include the on-the-ground experts in these discussions for that reason.

Government Operations committee  I'd say, listen to the public workers, the public servants and the on-the-ground experts. You heard earlier how my colleague, Paul, came up right away with a way to cool more efficiently: take the water from the Ottawa River; stop running coolers. We have these on-the-ground experts who not only are more knowledgeable than anyone else could possibly be about these plants, but who also care about these workplaces.

Government Operations committee  We haven't received the business plan yet, so we don't know. We're still waiting for it.

Government Operations committee  Yes, thank you. To the point of integrating knowledge from all corners of the industry, we're very much for that. One of the things we're asking for is for the RFP to be reissued, but as a design and build only. We're very open to taking all of the innovation we can find to make these projects as green as possible.

Government Operations committee  My colleague, Mr. Paquette, will answer this.

Government Operations committee  Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Alex Silas, and I'm the alternate regional executive vice-president for PSAC, national capital region. I'm here representing roughly 50,000 members in the NCR, most of whom are public servants. I'm also the vice-president of Local 71250, and I work in the downtown core as a security officer in one of our top-level security buildings.