Outsourcing under scrutiny: Questions about public-private partnerships
Please support our coverage of democratic movements and become a monthly supporter of rabble.ca.There has been a greater tendency for governments to outsource, and the City of Winnipeg is no exception....
View ArticleAlbertans have a right to ask questions about the integrity and preservation...
There's a whiff of panic in the air nowadays in some of the most politicized corners of the Alberta government.Of course, every government that has been in power for more than a few years, regardless...
View ArticleWhen a 'fiscally conservative' government is $20B in debt, it's time to call...
"Tonight, we begin the work of advancing and protecting sound, conservative fiscal principles." -- Future Premier Jim Prentice, victory speech, Sept 6, 2014It hasn't escaped Ms. Soapbox's notice that...
View ArticleSaskatchewan: The next frontier for P3s
Eighteen months ago, John McBride, the CEO of Public Private Partnerships Canada, was at a cocktail party during a P3 conference in the United States. "All people wanted to talk about," he said, "was...
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Privatization: New ways of profiting at public expense
Tuesday, November 4, 2014In the 1980s governments began selling off public assets to private corporations. Government debt and deficits were the excuse. Citizen-owned wealth, held in trust by...
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Privatization: Stealing from the public since 1980
In the 1980s governments began selling off public assets to private corporations, in a practice called privatization. It should have been called theft, since it amounted to stealing from the...
View ArticleHigh-priced help: Spending on consultants increases by 228% in Saskatchewan
I am not sure which is more alarming: the fact that the Saskatchewan government increased its spending on consultants by 228 per cent in the last five years, or that Provincial Auditor Judy Ferguson...
View ArticleThe Ontario auditor general's damning report on P3s
The Ontario auditor general's 2014 Report includes a chapter on Infrastructure Ontario's P3 program that is particularly damning -- and corresponds with many of the criticisms made on this blog and...
View ArticleOntario auditor breaks new ground with review of public-private partnerships
Last month Ontario's auditor general issued her annual report. One of her targets was Ontario's use of public-private partnerships to build public infrastructure. As the Toronto Star put it, "Auditor...
View ArticleB.C. Finance Ministry finds big problems with its public-private partnership...
The B.C. Finance Ministry has produced a report much more critical of Partnerships BC and its activities around public-private partnerships (P3s) than might have been expected by a province so...
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Ontario auditor general says P3s wasted $8 billion in public funds
rey-2015-01-24a.mp3Canada is a world leader in the market for public-private partnerships. But when Bonnie Lysyk looked at 74 projects under Infrastructure Ontario, she found a huge cost associated...
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The deficit the Harper government refuses to recognize
Tuesday, February 3, 2015Chip in to keep stories like these coming.Premiers gathered in Ottawa last week to talk about pressing needs for Canadian infrastructure investment. As the Council of the...
View ArticleHarper's pre-election infrastructure announcements will promote privatization
The Harper government will be using its $14-billion Building Canada Fund to help it win the October 19 federal election.The Globe and Mail reports, "The Conservative government is preparing an...
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Liberals trot out Paul Martin to decry NDP's 'far-right' swerve
Want to see an election campaign fact rich and spin poor? Chip in to keep our fact check blog up to date.The claim: Paul Martin says the NDP has moved to the "far right." Is he right?read more
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Saint John opts for Spanish company for its P3 drinking water system
Please support our coverage of democratic movements and become a supporter of rabble.ca.Saint John city council is moving ahead with a public-private partnership (P3) for a new 100 million litre per...
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Keep public services public: The perils of privatization and outsourcing
Like this article? rabble is reader-supported journalism. Chip in to keep stories like these coming.The results of the recent federal election are a likely indication of what Manitobans want to see...
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As Nova Scotia's P3 school leases expire, government has opportunity to get...
Like this article? rabble is reader-supported journalism. Chip in to keep stories like these coming.The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives recently released an evaluation of the 1990s...
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Trudeau's finance minister wants private investment in infrastructure,...
Karl Nerenberg is your reporter on the Hill. Please consider supporting his work with a monthly donation Support Karl on Patreon today for as little as $1 per month!Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's...
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Finance Minister Bill Morneau unveils new infrastructure bank
Finance Minister Bill Morneau delivered his Fall Economic Statement on Tuesday with some new commitments to private investment in public infrastructure.Trudeau's finance minister wants private...
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