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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
December 19, 2011
Feds peddle P3s: Join the fight to keep water public
BURNABY—Communities across B.C. are saying no to P3 (public-private partnership) water projects, but that isn’t stopping the federal government from peddling P3 projects to municipalities. A recent study commissioned by PPP Canada recommends that the Crown corporation engage in a “public education campaign” in order to ‘correct’ any “negative perceptions in the public space”, specifically about water P3s. Public Private Partnerships (PPP) Canada, established in 2009, has a fund of ...