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Keep It Public
The private sector does a lot of things well. What it doesn’t do well is finance and deliver public services.
There are consequences when we hand management of water and sewage systems, roads and bridges, and hospital services and recreation facilities over to private, for-profit companies.
We lose control over those resources, we sacrifice transparency and often wind up paying much more.
If you're concerned about contracting out in your workplace, we can help you understand how privatization works and how to fight it.
You can also contact the Anti-Privatization Coordinator to help Keep it Public!
Here are some resources that can help you in your fight against privatization.
Latest Story
March 9, 2010
CRD vulnerable to trade restrictions with sewage P3
BURNABY—If local governments opt for public private partnerships (P3s), something which is under consideration for the Capital Regional District’s new sewage treatment, they are more vulnerable to the restrictions of the Canada-United States Procurement Agreement (CUPA). A new legal opinion by Steven Shrybman of Sack Goldblatt Mitchell says the CUPA contains temporary rules that will make it difficult for the CRD to achieve environmental protection and local economic development objectives. Shrybman ...