PublicValues.ca - RSS Feed http://www.PublicValues.ca Privatization and the fight to preserve public services, resources, spaces and enterprise. en-us Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:53:18 -0500 PublicValues.ca RSS Creator ish@straightgoods.com webmaster@straightgoods.com Golden Lake Institute/PublicValues.ca, 2007 PublicValues.ca - RSS Feed http://www.PublicValues.ca http://www.PublicValues.ca/Images/Heads/Masthead_vsmall.jpg 100 81 Infrastructure neglect will cost billions - reportPublicValues.ca <ish@straightgoods.com>http://www.PublicValues.ca/ViewArticle.cfm?Ref=00747Average Canadian will pay $51,000 in reduced wages to cover the bill.Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:09:33 -0500Newswire 1 Canada abstains on historic water rights resolution at UNPublicValues.ca <ish@straightgoods.com>http://www.PublicValues.ca/ViewArticle.cfm?Ref=00748UN General Assembly passes historic Human Right to Water and Sanitation resolution over Harper's objections.Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:17:18 -0500Newswire 2 Census decision is senselessPublicValues.ca <ish@straightgoods.com>http://www.PublicValues.ca/ViewArticle.cfm?Ref=00749The issues that are no longer being probed by the government or Statistics Canada are not going away.Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:23:48 -0500Newswire 3 BC government leaning toward private schoolsPublicValues.ca <ish@straightgoods.com>http://www.PublicValues.ca/ViewArticle.cfm?Ref=00750The premier 'chairs' a Fraser Institute fundraiser. The Fraser Institute extols private education. Public school advocates are worried.Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:30:48 -0500Newswire 4 Activists, opposition force retreat on public asset sell-off in OntarioPublicValues.ca <ish@straightgoods.com>http://www.PublicValues.ca/ViewArticle.cfm?Ref=00751"Super-corp" dies a quiet, if temporary, death.Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:39:38 -0500Newswire 5 Equal opportunity in the workplace is the latest Conservative targetPublicValues.ca <ish@straightgoods.com>http://www.PublicValues.ca/ViewArticle.cfm?Ref=00752Government reinforces misconception that equal opportunity is threatened by employment equity measures and that employment equity hiring policies are not based on merit.Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:39:27 -0500Newswire 6 Powell River, BC, says "Keep water public!"PublicValues.ca <ish@straightgoods.com>http://www.PublicValues.ca/ViewArticle.cfm?Ref=00753Residents oppose paying subsidy to private company to supply their needs.Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:45:28 -0500Newswire 7 Austerity measures unfairly target low income earnersPublicValues.ca <ish@straightgoods.com>http://www.PublicValues.ca/ViewArticle.cfm?Ref=00754Low-paid Ontario support workers take cuts while corporations get billions in tax cuts.Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:50:14 -0500Newswire 8