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NDP MP calls for freeze on federal building sales
Formal request made to Auditor General for investigation.
Peanut-plant salmonella brings calls for US food safety reform
Outbreak has sickened more than 600 and may have contributed to nine deaths.
Public Service Alliance files in court over workers', women's constitutional rights
Latest charter challenge claimants say Harper government hid regressive laws in budget.
"Buy Canadian" better option than binding trade agreements
A joint statement on public procurement and the public good.
"Education catastrophe" as states may cut 300,000 public school jobs
Boards making drastic cuts because state money and local property taxes have been hit hard by the recession.
"Hidden horrors" of federal budget threaten waterways, students, women, workers
Conservatives pursue deregulatory agenda by gutting environment assessment.
"Pay equity" bill threatens women's rights
Changes make it difficult to file complaint, including $50,000 fine for union help.
'SuperCorp is a SuperScam' demonstrators tell McGuinty cabinet
"The more we're learning about SuperCorp, the less it passes the smell test."
'Supercorp' privatization will backfire on McGuinty
OPSEU and SEP join forces to alert voters to dangers of selling off any portion of Ontario's cash cow Crown corporations.
The Water Front: What happens when water is for profit?
New documentary shows the stark reality of trying to make a buck off a basic necessity.
3,000 Ontario Red Cross home care workers begin strike
Home health service professionals left living below poverty line after months of bargaining.
40 organizations prepare to file complaint at UN against Harper government on women's rights
Groups say hurdles in pay equity and EI undermine Canadian women's equality.
50 grassroots organizations reject energy sell-off in BC
Environmental, indigenous, community and labour groups unite against privatized "run-of-the-river" power projects.
A dozen key problems with the BC Energy Plan
Plan will privatize BC's watersheds and power production, erode public utility, and export electricity to the US market.
A new climate movement in Bolivia
Naomi Klein reports from reports the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth in Bolivia.
A reader writes about her G20 weekend
Shocking submission detailing police brutality and intimidation written to Toronto Star writer, Antonia Zerbisias', Facebook page.
Aboriginal communities hold protest against poor public services
March to Treasury Board President's office will demand action against privatization and crumbling infrastructure.
Action alert: Demand public disclosure of Ontario's planned regulatory cuts
Government's role is to protect the public good, even in bad times.
Action needed on Canada-Colombia trade agreement
MP's attack on CoDevelopment Canada's Wood highlights flaws in federal policy
Activists, opposition force retreat on public asset sell-off in Ontario
"Super-corp" meets a quiet, if temporary, demise.
Ad campaign takes on violence against hospital workers
Twenty-three reported assaults in September alone at targeted hospital.
AECL's viable assets to be sold
Taxpayers will be on hook for liabilities and toxic assets.
Aggressive medical billing techniques confusing Canadians
Friends of Medicare, OHC both report increase in calls and complaints.
Air France sues Pearson, Ottawa over 2005 crash
Company charges feds, air-traffic control "cut corners" that contributed to disaster.
Airline deregulation puts private profit above public and industry
Concessions by employees have gone straight into pockets of private investors.
Airlines ask Canadian safety inspectors to sign confidentiality agreements
Safety Management Systems producing confusion as to who is responsible for air safety.
Airports privatized by stealth
Canada's cities now coping with effects of Chrétien Liberals putting airports under control of unaccountable boards made up of political appointees.
Alberta government gets it wrong
Cutting infrastructure spending and focusing on P3s bucks global consensus, means less bang for the buck
Alberta health boss denies plan to privatize care
Mexican project haunts board chair Ken Hughes.
Alberta publicly finances four high schools, cancels P3 project
Ten elementary, middle schools will still be built with more expensive P3 model.
Alberta puts private industry in charge of public health administration
New board chair is insurance industry investor.
Alberta's electrical deregulation handed $500M bonanza to BC Hydro
Contrary to expectations, free market has neither lowered prices nor increased generation for Albertans.
Alberta: threat of more education cuts galvanizes resistance
Parents, teachers and trustees join forces.
Albertans distrust those running their health care - CBC poll
Professionals get higher marks than politicians and senior managers.
Almost martial law...
CCLA warns security zone is now under "Public Works Protection Act".
American health administrator says she can't protect public in profit-driven system
Missouri state hospitals closing unprofitable mental health units.
Anti-privatization protests intensify in Phillippines
Asian Development Bank (ADB) pushes privatization of water facilities across Asia.
Are Feds planning to remake Warkworth Penitentiary as privatized superjail?
Local politicians want information from Minister for Public Safety Stockwell Day.
Atomic Energy to be privatized?
Review of AECL is expected to be finished by the end of the year.
Auditor General, federal pilots association condemn lack of enforcement in airline safety
Bill C-7 amendments would prevent self-reported violations from ever being made public, guarantee immunity.
Austerity measures unfairly target low income earners
Low-paid Ontario support workers take cuts while corporations get billions in tax cuts.
Banks are off the hook, with austerity for the rest of the world
G20 refusal to tax financial sector could further harm the poor.
BC auditor general red flags costly privatization scheme
Involves US multinational EDS in collection of provincial revenue.
BC civil service floats idea of shorter work week
Voluntary work reduction discussed as way of cutting costs, avoiding layoffs.
BC considers 30 percent cut to public services
Province already has leanest public sector in Canada.
BC families losing ground to widening gap
Study reveals 30-year decline in incomes for all but the richest.
BC government accused of fixing rail privatization deal
Angry bidders cry foul in $1 billion scandal.
BC government leaning toward private schools
The premier 'chairs' a Fraser Institute fundraiser. The Fraser Institute extols private education. Public school advocates are worried.
BC government taking action on illegal medicare fees
Attempted crack down at some for-profit clinics.
BC Health Sciences Association blasts government for cutting autism support
Says "improvement in service" is really $3 million in cuts.
BC poverty election issue as 200 organizations demand government action
Open letter and petition gives concrete plan for taking on highest poverty rates in country, despite years of growth.
BC public employees join call for moratorium on private run-of-river power
Groups want proper environmental assessments, local governance and community voices restored.
BC Utilities Commission pulls plug on government plans to privatize power
Regulatory body confirms province's need for additional power was grossly exaggerated.
BC: education grants cut in half
Critics note cuts will hit the poor hardest.
BC: Privatized hospital cleaning a failure
Health and Safety reprimands, public complaints dog multinational contractor.
Big labour enlists guerilla theatre to battle private equity
SEIU uses humour, absurdity to shed light on buyout kings, absentee owners.
Bill would help end homelessness - housing and native activists
C-304 would bring all levels of government together for joint action.
Bills Threaten Democratic Power, Quality Control of Wheat Board
C-46, C-39 would give Ottawa unilateral power, favour grain companies.
Blowing the whistle on corporate tax avoidance
Investigative series looks at the problem in the UK.
Britain's private finance-based recovery going nowhere fast
Infrastructure projects left by the wayside as banks backpedal hard.
British National Health Service would save $4.4 billion CAD if P3s bought back
Research shows public-private building contracts no bargain.
British study: privatization of postal service threatens its future
Benefits large companies, no benefit to users.
Budget 2009: Canada's child care crisis will continue
Addresses neither old issues, nor new needs of parents in employment upheaval.
Budget 2010, too little for too many
Public service freeze, cuts to corporate taxes, cities left to fend for themselves.
Budget a windfall for the wealthy
In 2009-10 there is twice as much spent on a tax break for home renovations as spent on those with low incomes.
Budget freeze will harm Canadians and compromise public services: PSAC
Expenditure restraint equals a reduction in services.
Budget, staff cuts cause "near collapse" of US security agency
Federal Protective Service workforce has been cut 20 percent since 2004.
Bush administration makes final push to deregulate
Last ditch effort to weaken dozens of government rules aimed at protecting consumers and the environment.
Bush Labor Department misled Congress in effort to privatize jobs
Government Accountability Office report finds Department used fictional numbers to support savings claims.
Buy America provisions give away Canadian farm for little return
Public services previously excluded from NAFTA now on the table with new deal.
Cafeteria kickbacks: corporate food companies bilk millions from taxpayers
Fraudulent rebate schemes keep local providers out of school, hospital, government kitchens, critics charge.
Cafeteria kickbacks: unhealthy, unethical and pricey
How food-service providers bilk millions from taxpayers.
California government could be first to limit potent climate change gas
State senate wants to expand its landmark global warming law.
California on verge of collapse because tax cuts starved state government
Overcrowded classrooms are becoming normal in California, where conservatives caused a financial crisis with ballot initiatives freezing taxes.
Campaign 2000 releases new report cards on child and family poverty
Canada abstains on historic water rights resolution at UN
UN General Assembly passes historic Human Right to Water and Sanitation resolution over Harper's objections.
Canada falls to 25th in Gender Gap Index, down from 7th in 2004
UN has strongly criticized Canada on women's poverty, violence to Aboriginal women & girls.
Canada has world's best banking system
Never followed the deregulation fad, now Canada's "common-sense" system the envy of the industrialized world.
Canada Post charged with unfair labour practices
Charges include issueing misleading statements to its employees, disregarding provisions of the Canada Labour Code
Canada Post to privatize 300 contact centre jobs across Canada
Obsession with privatization will badly damage the quality of the Canadian postal service as well as the communities it serves - Robyn Benson
Canada Post will not deregulate, thanks to fight-back campaign
Preserving rural and small-town service remains a concern.
Canada's EI benefits well below OECD average: study
Weakened, inadequate programs have produced a 'massive risk shift' onto families, economist says.
Canada's federal public servants under intense political pressure
Many feel demoralized due to parachute hirings, service privatization and meddling.
Canada's public-private-partnerships arena attracting foreign players
Large infrastructure projects leaving public, local control behind.
Canada's shrinking government adds to growing inequality
Majority of tax cuts have benefited the corporate sector and the wealthy.
Canada's small literary publishers denied funding under new rules
New, annual sales-based restrictions would "cripple or kill" venerable publications.
Canada's top scientists reeling from $148 million in cuts to ongoing research
Brain drain feared as US government set to pump $18 billion into science.
Canada-EU trade accord could erode health care
British Medical Journal covers Canada-Europe trade deal controversy.
Canadian aviation accident statistics and analysis
Charter air service has higher death rate than any other BC industry.
Canadian Federation of Independent Business, once again, publishes misleading federal-private payscale comparisons
Appropriate comparisons shows public servants paid less, not more, than private sector counterparts.
Canadian income gap widens dramatically over last ten years, says OECD study
Canada's spending lower, poverty higher than in other developed countries.
Canadian Medical Association wants full inquiry into Canada's tainted meat scandal
Death toll already double that of Walkerton E. coli outbreak.
Canadian women demand action on G8 Muskoka Health Initiative
36 prominent Canadian women have signed onto a letter urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper to protect the rights of women.
Canadians can't afford not to have a public drug plan
Canadian Health Coalition releases report on public hearings.
Canadians don't trust private companies to keep food safe, poll shows
Only 13 percent believe the food industry can be relied on to police itself.
Canadians get more public services than they pay for
Families in middle 50 percent receive at least half their private incomes in benefits most take for granted - CCPA.
Canadians no longer see red over prospect of higher taxes
Almost three out of five Canadian CEOs surveyed in March say higher taxes are needed to get the country back into the fiscal black.
Canadians value public services over tax cuts: new poll
Nanos Research shows broad support for social safety net in tough times.
CBC cuts are ideologically driven – Charlie Angus
Consolidation, bad debts and bad mergers helped trigger media crisis.
CCLA rights monitors arrested
Civil Liberties Association denounces sweeping illegal arrests.
CD Howe Institute still firing corporate spin at sinking tax ship
Corporate tax contributions so low they could barely twist an ankle if they fell any further.
Census decision is senseless
The issues that are no longer being probed by the government or Statistics Canada are not going away.
CFIA problems are the tip of the privatization iceberg - food inspector Bob Kingston
Seventeen other departments could face potentially deadly cuts like CFIA did due to a pro-privatization ideology.
Child care polices of Harper Conservatives are failing badly
New study reveals the smallest increase in regulated child care spaces in years.
Children's mental health facility in Ottawa on brink of bankruptcy
15 years of provincial underfunding called "slow moving train wreck".
City of Edmonton staff advise council to scrap P3 plans
Rec centre will proceed as traditional "construction management project" after costs, concerns tallied.
Civil Society muzzled at G20
It's media apartheid – Kumi Naidoo, Greenpeace
Climate scientist claims Stephen Harper's government muzzled experts
Says cabinet ignored input of scientists while preparing government's response to global warming.
CMA elects public-system champion for president
Last two presidents owned, campaigned aggressively for private clinics.
Communities demand bottling giant Nestle stop undermining local control of water
Company currently in disputes in Canada and six US states.
Communities suffer as corporations target water systems
New report shows service suffers, costs skyrocket under water privatization in USA.
Conditions at G20 Dentention Centre are illegal, immoral and dangerous
Detainees forced into cages with little food and water for up to 35 hours.
Conservative MPs spearhead opposition to privatization of BC Crown coal terminal
Sell-off seen as a job killer, loss of investment by taxpayers.
Conservatives fund risky, expensive privatization deals
Evidence is mounting that P3s do not deliver real value for money - Paul Moist.
Conservatives provoking strike with federal public service
PSAC fighting back with Think Public campaign
Conservatives rearranging the deck chairs at Public-Private Partnership office
Feds fill top jobs at new P3 crown corporation, but don't expect speedy funding of infrastructure projects to follow.
Conservatives to eliminate meat inspection programs in three provinces
Secret Treasury Board decision would cut inspection programs in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia.
Conservatives trying to ram partial postal deregulation through Parliament
Omnibus budget Bill C-9 contains hidden provisions.
Conservatives want to ram partial postal deregulation through Parliament
Legislation undermines Canada Post's exclusive privilege to handle letters.
Contracting out US government work: not a model employer
With little oversight, workers treated poorly, taxpayers ripped off.
Court challenge to health-care privatization in Quebec
Lawsuit contends Bill 33 undermines medicare.
Court-ordered private health insurance in Quebec finds no takers
Health minister claims medicare works so well that private options irrelevant.
Critical government communications security project given to private sector
Relinquishing control of public-interest project explained as money, risk and time-saving measure, despite other P3 failures.
Critics slam changes to aircraft safety inspection system
Plans to hand over inspection and enforcement to industry moving ahead.
CRTC moving from individual TV licenses to group ones
Latest round of hearings will only propel further deregulation, critic says.
CUPE Keynote Speech: Fight of our Lives
Coalitions key to stopping privatization.
CUPE statement on the passing of Gil Levine
He built CUPE’s research branch into the largest labour research team in the country.
Cut to Canadian Recording Arts Grant sparks furor, online petition
Diversity in music program killed without announcement during summer recess.
Daycare in New Brunswick gets 10-year government funding commitment
Strategy outlines 39 initiatives aimed at services for early childhood education, parenting, child care.
Deaths of pilots, passengers merits no workplace investigation under airline safety regulatory freefall
Bill C-7 and why the public should be aware.
Decisions today on Ottawa's Lansdowne Park
Council to decide if landmark will be privatized and intensely developed, or kept public and whole.
Demers took action for Canadians and fellow workers because she had empathy
With public services under siege, sudden death of president leaves PIPSC scrambling.
Dependence on parent fundraising grows huge gap between public schools
Trustees for Education discussion paper calls for equity in education.
Deregulated post-secondary education in BC gets failing grade
Government washes hands of mess, tells students to sue substandard institutions.
Deregulation dies a sudden death in Washington, DC
Food, financial debacles bring the 'R-word' back in fashion.
Deregulation in Nigeria met with promise of month of mass protests
Issues of concern include a minimum wage, privatization of refineries
Deregulation of BC sewer system setting the stage for disaster: report
Self-regulatory system open to conflict of interest, removes health officials' power to protect the public.
Disturbing trend towards criminalizing public dissent in Ontario
Police compile list, lay charges against rural retirees who oppose dump site.
Doubling of profits for Britain's Royal Mail makes hard case for planned privatization
Government is facing a rebellion from more than 150 Labour MPs over the sale.
Drug advertising allowed Canada that is prohibited in US
In US, medications with serious risks carry warnings on packaging, cannot be advertised.
Drug lobbyist resigns from Alberta public health panel
Albertans have said time and again they want publicly delivered health-care - Brian Mason.
Dump Site 41 stopped: the public wins one for water
Victory shows water management needs rethinking at all levels of government.
Economic crisis result of decades of deregulation
Left to their own devices, markets create crises - George Soros
Economists who won't name winners and losers from dismantling medicare should be shamed
Claim that medicare is too costly to maintain is based on economic and political myths.
EDITORIAL: Photos, eyewitness accounts and reports raise questions that only a full judicial inquiry can answer
Globe pix point to possible repeat of Montebello outrage.
Edmonton illustrates perils of corporatized water
People of Edmonton have no accountability or oversight over the workings, service and decision-making of corporate water-provider Epcor.
Edmonton P3 wasn't such a hot idea
City set to backtrack on agreement with consortium.
Edmonton privatizes public power utility behind closed doors
Civic stakeholders, competitors find out about deal only after finalization.
Edmonton sells off sewage plant
Sale could create problems under NAFTA.
Edmonton set to scrap P3 recreation centre
Bid-winners' numbers, secrecy just don't add up.
Edmonton sewage plant stays public
"Bargain-basement" deal shelved after community outcry.
Edmonton tree service $1M cheaper if city did it
'We did not receive value for money': auditor.
Eighty-eight economists release open letter criticizing federal government
Call on government to show leadership in stabilizing financial markets, stimulating real investment, and maintaining employment and incomes.
Election promise made to restore court challenges program
Liberals pledge to revive program cancelled by Harper Conservatives in 2006.
Election victory no mandate to gut health care in Alberta, says HSAA president
Messages from new Health Minister's office resemble cost-cutting of '90s.
Ending privatized medicare in the USA
US government subsidies enrich insurance companies at the expense of taxpayers and beneficiaries.
Environmental groups frustrated with climate change and energy outcomes of Muskoka G8
Having stalled climate action in Canada for the last 4 years, the Harper government has successfully stalled it at the G8.
Equal opportunity in the workplace is the latest Conservative target
Government flogs myths about employment equity, equality, and merit.
Escalating shortage of lab professionals threatens patient care
Health professional's group is sounding alarm bells in advance of National Medical Laboratory Week.
EU farming studies may shift public policy
Farming, food, health and environment need integrated oversight, author says.
EU still banking on financial deregulation in third world
Critics charge strategy undermines poverty reduction, creates instability.
Eyewitness account from Queen and Spadina
"It was at Queen Street that things changed and, from what I witnessed, it was the police who changed it."
False assumptions behind health care user fees
An open letter to the Prime Minister from Canadian Doctors for Medicare .
Federal budget cuts bad for your health
Why go for lowest corporate tax rates in the G7 when we have bills to pay?
Federal government not meeting air-safety recommendations: Analysis
On average, the board warned the government of these deficiencies 76 months ago.
Federal Government rules out privatizing Canada Post
Despite slowing traffic, change to be managed through infrastructure investment and expected retirements, not layoffs or sell-offs.
Federal scientists launch campaign to end self-policing in food industry
Research, regulation, power to act in the public interest need to be restored.
Final G20 Draft
Clean energy hoovered out of G20 final communique - WWF
Financial crisis vindicates the role of government
Letting the financiers regulate themselves leads to disaster - Mel Watkins.
Financial regime change?
Say goodbye to the neoliberal paradigm that has held sway since the 1980s.
Financial world waits for return of regulatory oversight
Former FDIC chairman says government's job is to keep greed in check.
Flaherty's budget won't promote big projects, critics say
Budget targets rehabilitation of existing structures — with strings attached.
Food inspection deregulation a 'disaster'
BSE-testing cut to save cash
Food inspectors balked at orders to rebrand Government of Canada
Many balked at May orders to replace official term with 'Conservative Government'.
Food safety compromised by self-management
Proposed overhaul from Harper means more deregulation
Food safety issues in US are far from resolved
Outbreaks continue despite calls for stricter consumer protection
Food safety: Why end government grain inspection?
Study finds public safety, market confidence, grower's independence all at risk.
Foreign investment imperils child care
Press conference cites Aussie experience, NAFTA rules.
Forensic accountant on BC P3s: higher costs, bias and secrecy
Observers question government's continued commitment to P3 procurement.
Foresters call for government enquiry, new responsible ownership for six bankrupt mills
AbitibiBowater attempted to build an empire based on debt, union says.
French President wants to measure well-being, dump GDP
Draws on report headed by Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz.
Frightened private investors derailing BC transit projects
"If we're relying on private money, this is not the time to do it" — Port Moody mayor.
From British prisons to Winnipeg parking police
What the 'Peg could learn from Keystone Capers of other governments who rushed out to privatize.
Front line justice workers call for changes in how mentally ill are treated
Increasing incarceration of people with mental issues is cruel and unusual punishment - NUPGE.
Frozen food producers admit global sourcing means no safety guarantees
Cheapest ingredients worldwide come from countries no oversight or regulation.
Full day kindergarten welcomed by parents, advocates, union
Money spent on early education proven to have long term impact against poverty.
G20 draws a blank on poverty
Oxfam identifies Canada as the obstacle to progress.
G20 offers opportunity for "Robin Hood Tax"
"Canadians want to do our fair share. Why shouldn't banks and brokerages pay too?" say advocates.
G8 leaders offer little and fail to hold themselves accountable
Harper lost on maternal health because he wasted political capital opposing bank tax.
G8 maternal child health intiative a dismal failure – World Poverty Coalition
Prime Minister unable to rally support needed.
G8 seeks to divert attention from broken aid pledge
Rich nations work on plan to cut deaths of mothers and infants to turn spotlight from failure to meet $50 G aid promise.
G8 summit of shame fails poor people – Oxfam
Failure will leave a sad legacy of kids out of school, denied medicines for the sick, and no food for the hungry.
G8/G20 Summits, June 2010 – Index of links
Summary of articles about the G8 Summit in Muskoka and G20 Summit in Toronto, from Straight Goods News, labour, NGOs, and other sources.
General Electric and BC's private power gold rush
When cash-poor Finavera needed backers for its Peace River wind farms, who stepped up? First, an aging Irish tycoon cut his sweet deal, then giant GE gained the 'lions share' of profits.
Georgia may completely privatize troubled mental-health system
Deaths of patients linked to already insufficient, poorly-trained staff.
Geroge Lakoff's ballot intiative would boost California public power
Proposal would end caps on taxation by reducing 2/3rd voting requirement to simple majority.
Gil Levine, giant of Canadian labour, passes away
Crucial figure in union merger that resulted in the creation of CUPE in 1963.
Global unions call for tax on financial transactions
Harper rejects "Robin Hood" plan despite enormous potential to help world's poor and reign in "paper economy".
Goldman Sachs set to plan sell-off of Ontario assets
Huge and controversial banking firm has a history of playing both sides in privatization deals.
Government continues to withdraw resources from federally-supported science
Medical doctors and scientists now have severely reduced access to an important research tool.
Government has a moral mission - George Lakoff
Obama won because he identified empathy and aspiration, protection and empowerment as defining properties of democracy.
Government take-over brings BC P3 bridge under budget, ahead of schedule
P3 deal's collapse saves $200 million, one year's time.
Green-collar economy taking root in Chicago
Efforts aim to marry environment, enterprise, social need.
Grim echo of 1930s as governements cut spending
Policy makers make dangerous bet.
Growing number of economists agree: infrastructure spending urgently needed
Wish list includes accelerated spending in new technology, alternative energy and transportation.
Half-hearted budget won't help the hard-hit
Tax cuts, corporate handouts, minor benefits seriously underestimate the job at hand.
Harper ignores health risks for food
Government meat inspectors' powers reduced in March without public discussion.
Harper's divisive tactics are damaging Canadian civility and undermining democratic traditions
Blatant disdain for democracy as displayed by Nancy Ruth not an isolated Conservative incident.
Health Canada's drug safety procedures lacking, says study
Rapid approval of drugs, no recall mechanism, puts public at risk.
Health Coalitions across Canada ask Federal, Provincial Health Ministers to do their jobs
Report cites violations of the Canada Health Act and their consequences nationwide.
Health professionals seek action on national HR shortages
Government must address growing shortage of health care professionals
Healthcare surpasses jobs as top issue
Returns to traditional place in list of Canadians' concerns.
High incarceration rate in USA significant factor in strains on state and local budgets
Cutting the incarceration rate for non-violent offenders would reduce state and local budgets by almost $15 billion per year.
High stakes secret review of Canada Post
Conservative federal government could be quietly undoing this universal public service.
Home care workers face increased squeeze
Health corporations were paying poverty wages even before conservative meltdown hit.
Hospital union leaders question ability of Ontario hospitals to handle H1N1 surge
Province has the fewest beds per 1,000 of the population of any province in Canada.
Hotel among first in Toronto to subsidize transit pass for workers
TTC urging hotels and businesses to make program part of green strategy.
How the Citizens' Assembly is reinventing the public's role in decision-making
Expanding engagement offers the possibility of creating public innovation and consensus.
How the Harper government pushed financial deregulation here and abroad
Way cleared for US mortgage firms and easy credit, insured by Canadian taxpayers.
How to set up a corporate tax shell, with YouTube video
Setting up in offshore tax haven of Panama as easy as ABC, intern learns.
Huge profits from BC private power raise alarms
Corporations pocket green energy subsidies.
Huntsville: Reporter detained several hours
"Once my trunk was open, uniformed police seem to come out of every corner."
IMF, international banks beg for state intervention
Unfettered financial model bounces reality checks off market fundamentalists.
Immigration privatized through extension of migrant worker program
At least half of new immigrants now are forever temporary, and the proportion keeps growing.
In defense of public school teachers in a time of crisis
Teachers are no longer asked to think critically and be creative in the classroom.
Infrastructure neglect will cost billions – report
Average Canadian will pay $51,000 in reduced wages to cover the bill.
Inside the WTO's collapsed deal
World's poor dodged disastrous policies when world trade talks failed.
International Coalition denounces World Water Forum's privatization agenda
Speaker Maude Barlow defends drinking water as a public right, not corporate cash cow.
International company to bottle, export small town Ontario municipal water
Plans include selling tap water back to local schoolchildren.
International consortium short on cash for BC public infrastructure project
Private toll-bridge partners ask Victoria for more time — again.
International water privatization schemes failing
Website chronicles high-profile private infrastructure disasters and return to public control.
Internet Storm
Union urges CRTC to curb internet interference by Bell, Rogers.
Interprovincial trade agreements threaten communities, environment, public services
Press conferences held in seven provinces to present evidence against them.
Jim MacDonald, 91, founded Canadian Health Coalition
Fiery Cape Bretoner won the Spirit of Tommy Douglas Award.
Johannesburg High Court declares privatized, prepaid water meters unlawful & unconstitutional
Orders city to provide full range of water delivery service options.
Labour head in Quebec suspended for questioning P3 project
Public pressure by workers, concerned citizens causes quick reversal by city council.
Labour mobility spin sweetens secret deregulation and privatization agreement
New legal challenges feared if TILMA-related changes to internal trade pact go through.
Lawyers love public-private partnerships
Behind maturing, growth industry is Canada's desperate need for infrastructure renewal.
Leaked declaration sees G20 back off plan to stop subsidies for Big Oil and Coal
Commitment is watered down in draft statement - Greenpeace.
Letter from front line to Flaherty
Instead of NSA corporate tax cuts, give tax credits for real investments in Canadian economy.
Listeria crisis reveals conflict of interest
CFIA's mandate split between managing food safety and industry promotion.
Live blog from Saturday's G20 protest
Illlustrated account from the streets of Toronto during the Saturday riot after the protest rally shows small groups of hooligans and confused police.
Lobbyists could have wings clipped by court decision
Question remains whether key rules will be enforced by ethics commissioners.
London underground's privatization experiment dead
Remaining PPP is bought out.
Louisiana House backs bill that could slow privatization
Bill would give lawmakers the ability to reject privatization contracts involving the state's mental hospitals.
Main Street, not Wall Street, should fix crumbling US infrastructure
Public pension funds could help pave the way.
Mainstream media misses the boat on BC river privatization
Power, tax revenues go south at a loss, local market prices triple.
Many P3 hospital deals, but little public scrutiny
In Ontario alone, 19 hospitals are being financed and constructed by private sector.
Maryland rethinks utility deregulation: thousands face cut-off
Service interruption stayed for 117,000 pending review of doubled, tripled rates.
Maternal health funding could be a shell game – Oxfam
It sounds like a lot of money, for five years, but Canada has spent a similar amount, in three days, for summits.
McGuinty government wiping out elected hospital boards
Ontario Health Coalition gets no answers from Ministry as to reasons.
Mental health expert: public sector in crisis
Major study requested as disability claims soar in critical public services.
Mexican oil reforms would cede sovereignty, critics charge
Swell of national sentiment in support of constitution, national ownership.
Mexican voters say 'no' to privatizing oil
Over 80 percent oppose Calderon's plan for oil industry.
Mexicans rally to oppose oil privatization
Opponents of Mexican energy bill vow to take demonstrations nationwide.
Mexico: Oil privatization halted by mass protests
"Citizen's army" operated in shifts to blockade government buildings.
Misinformation used in discussion of who "should" get hurt next in recession
Government deficit estimated to be modest, easily addressed by modest tax increases than major spending cuts.
Montreal auditor general pulls plug on water meter privatization contract
Rates hikes of 167 percent, spiraling costs, conflict of interest cited.
More cuts to public science in Canada, with YouTube video
NRC bids farewell to world-class research.
Most prefer child care to cheques: poll
Poll reveals Canadians prefer a national child care system to Harper government's $100 monthly cheque by a ration of 2 to 1.
Multinational child care corporation in financial meltdown
Australian corporation was expanding into BC, Ontario and Alberta.
Municipal governments organize for protection from NAFTA, WTO
Delegates to national conference demand open public consultation, protection for democratic governance.
Municipal privatization: What Winnipeg can learn from elsewhere
Corporatizing utilities brings risks to public, but rewards private interests.
Museum strikes show no sign of settlement in sight
Labour dispute threatens to disrupt the annual memorial celebrations including Remembrance Day.
NDP demands reinstatement of fired food inspection worker
Says government attempting to hide issue from public.
New Brunswickers launch coalition for public good
New organization follows halting of proposed sale of assets of NB Power.
New film: You, Me and the SPP
What was the real agenda behind North America's overreaching security agreement? Market accessibility.
New fund backs local programming
"No excuse to close stations or reduce local programming," says media union.
New legislation would ethically screen pension fund investments
As Canadians, we let our pension funds stray - SEIU.
New poll shows overwhelming support for public health care
CMA president's privatization agenda goes against Canadian current.
New poll: Canadians not on with selling off Crown corporations
Harper government reintroduced idea in January's budget.
New public Peterborough hospital dramatically cheaper than public-private partnerships
Comparison of costs raises questions about P3 funding practice.
New trade justice coalition leaks draft of Canada-Europe trade deal
"More draconian than WTO or NAFTA", agreement would tie hands government while enforcing corporate rights and privatization.
New Zealand reverses rail, ferry privatization
Post sell-off decline of the asset "a painful lesson," Finance Minister says.
No deal as deadline passes for Ontario elementary teachers
Main issue funding gap for students, not wages.
Northern Ireland: Leaked memo exposes payroll privatization failure
Civil servants get emergency cash after significant underpayments by contractor; other privatization reforms flounder.
Nova Scotia hospital, school board workers set to strike
Wage parity, inferior contracts issues before January 11 strike date.
Nova Scotia report: Buoyant creative class helps keep economy afloat
Canada's cultural sector accounted for 1.1 million jobs in 2007.
Nuclear safety threatened by cost cuts
Safe operation, adequate oversight worth more than possible savings of $7 million.
Number of new food inspectors: 57 – Number assigned to meat plant inspection: 0
Despite promises, feds still focused on checking paperwork.
Obama's economic stimulus plans should include under-appreciated public water system
Would create green jobs, counteract three decades of neglect.
OECD drafts principles on exchange of tax information
Result of global forum on transparency and exchange of information.
OISE survey good news for public educators
Ontario poll confirms support for public education and opposition to privatization.
On the heels of federal-provincial budget talks: a real plan to deal with the economic crisis
Cutting interest rates is not enough
Ontario Auditor General slams Brampton P3 hospital
Could have been built for millions less as fully public project.
Ontario Auditor General slams P3 hospital financing
Total of $394 million more to build Brampton through private consortium; audit sought for Royal Ottawa's P3 deal.
Ontario Auditor General: $614-million Brampton Civic P3 cost $394-million too much
There is no doubt P3s can be done better. But no one is asking whether they should be done at all.
Ontario community, labour and cancer groups fight American P3 incinerator contract
Company well-known for labour and safety violations in US.
Ontario could sell off of crown corporations like "selling the family silver"
Deficit is pretext for getting commercial assessment on lottery sales, hydro, liquor stores
Ontario elementary teachers say standardized testing doesn't work
Eliminating EQAO and letting teachers teach would save money, produce results - ETFO.
Ontario hospitals condemn privatization of outpatient services
Public labs cost only two-thirds that of private clinics.
Ontario MPP irate over illegal health charges
PC member was charged $125 to book appointment.
Ontario passes Green Energy Act
Groundbreaking legislation heralded by coalition of leading environmental groups.
Ontario red-tape cuts raise fears
Critics say Liberals are putting lives at risk by scrapping up to 35 percent of provincial regulations.
Ontario still fixing problems in first for-profit prison
Penetanguishene was Canada's first private superjail, run by American company.
Ontario: new "transactional" schools gaining ground
Make education relevant and thought-provoking, not about regurgitating facts, proponents say.
Open letter alleges police brutality at G20 demo
Cyclist punched by police out while others hold him.
Opinions mixed on whether to influence or scrap G8/G20 summits
Many question the very legitimacy of events – Steve Staples.
Ottawa federal cleaners better off twenty-five years ago than today
Union fights harassment and intimidation to organize office cleaners in Ottawa – SEIU.
Ottawa museum workers win after 12-week strike
Issues settled include contracting out, temporary workers can become permanent after 24 months
Overwhelming majority of Canadians back public health care
Canadians have no appetite for further privatization, pollster finds.
P3 for Quebec City hospital going nowhere
Hospital administration asks province to drop efforts to fund facility as private-public partnership.
Pan-European citizens' coalition seeks moratorium to protect public water from privatization
European Commission pushing privatization of water services.
Parliamentary probe launched into listeriosis outbreak
Opposition parties demand to know what's going on behind closed doors.
Part-time college workers struggle to organize in Ontario
Refusing to count ballots in part-time faculty vote is one of many stalling tactics - OPSEU.
Passage of Bill C-474 important victory for farmers
Bill will require analysis of potential harm from GM crops before licensing.
PEI nursing homes stay public
Government scraps privatization plan in wake of widespread backlash.
Pennsylvania Turnpike lease largest privatization deal in US history
Spanish company submits winning bid of $12.8 billion.
Pennsylvania Turnpike lease numbers too good to be true
Democratic state senator analyzes the deal in detail.
People First and the G20 summit
There are those who believe that all forms of public protest are illegitimate but they are wrong.
PIPSC issues charter challenge over budget
Legislation that breaks contracts violates rights of employees under 2007 Supreme Court ruling.
Plan to privatize AECL like dismantling Avro
Would jettison only most valuable portions, keep money-losers as Crown assets.
Planned cuts to Ontario child care programs will leave low-income, special needs families without care
Job losses and increased demand for welfare will outweigh savings from cuts.
PM urged to "put people first" in budget
Economic recovery needs quality public services, retirement security, adequate EI benefits.
Police conduct "arbitrary and excessive"
Canadian Civil Liberties Union calls for public inquiry into police action during G20 conference.
Police desperate to avoid an inquiry
Official line is that downtown Toronto was sacrificed for summit security.
Police grabbed "critical mass" cyclist in mid-ride
Witnesses say Geoffrey Bercarich was knocked off his bike, dragged away and beaten.
Police probe Montreal university P3 deal
Criminal investigation comes on the heels of provincial auditor's report.
Police surround and attack small group of protesters at Queen and Spadina
Graphic video shows brutal takedown of peaceful demonstrators.
Poll shows majority of Albertans oppose health cuts
Staying the course, not delisting services, desired by 62 percent of respondents.
Poll: Canada wants public services
New national study shows majority of Canadians trust municipal government more than private corporations to deliver public services.
Port Moody dumps privatized garbage collection
Contracted-out service called "embarassing" by mayor, pledges city will do the job right.
Post-Katrina New Orleans is "SPP made real"
Recovery led by profiteers, volunteers and NGOs rather than the public sector.
Powell River community forms water watch coalition
Members believe that ownership, operation and management of water and water-related utilities must remain in the hands of the public.
Powell River, BC, says "Keep water public!"
Residents oppose paying subsidy to private company to supply their needs.
Prisoners of the prison industry
American writer reflects on prisons as profit centers.
Private clinic in Victoria routinely charged $1200 'facility fee' for MRIs.
One of 29 found violating Canada Health Act in BC, says Canadian Health Coalition.
Private clinics eroding fairness and equality of public health care
New report: 89 suspected violations of the Canada Health Act in 5 provinces.
Private clinics looking to expand into Saskatchewan, saying they can reduce waits
Progress is being made in wait times, says CUPE.
Private company abandons contract at Ontario hospital
Ontario Public Service Employees Union wins against controversial decision to privatize in-patient services.
Private financing collapse leaves BC bridge as fully public project, saving taxpayers $200 million
Quebec P3 megaprojects also on shaky ground.
Private health care horror story
40,000 patients at a Las Vegas medical clinic may have been infected with Hepatitis B and C
Private orthopedic clinic goes belly up
Public purse to rescue bankrupt beacon of privatized health-care.
Private sector attracting more Quebec health professionals
Nurses and doctors leaving public institutions, according to Merck-funded zine
Privatization advances quietly in 2008 Conservative federal budget
P3s, shrinking surplus and no-strings contracting hem in public role and new programs.
Privatization of Texas State services a "slow-motion disaster"
Audit shows management problems continue five years later.
Privatization policies responsible for current financial crisis, Bolivia tells UN
Bolivian president points to economic models that "simply privatize resources".
Privatization process of Ottawa's Lansdowne illegitimate - researchers
Municipal politicians can at times act more like cheerleaders than assessors.
Privatization, casualization global trends in higher education
Casualization brings poor working conditions, low wages and a decline in qualifications of academic staff.
Privatization, Contracting-Out, and P3s
Analysis from the the Alternative Federal Budget.
Privatized public schools in USA underwhelm critics
Studies prove public schools get disproportionate share of the neediest students, yet still do as well - or better.
Profiles of public interest advocates from Alberta
Conference brought activists together to think about action in critical times.
Progressive policy leader Quebec winning the baby race
Family and child-friendly policies help bring birth rate above national average.
Proposed federal pension law changes say 'fend for yourself'
Would transfer risks and costs from investors and corporations to pensioners and workers.
Provincial safety review of Sunrise Propane explosion fails to consider fundamental problem
Mayor, councilor of affected ward had both expected to see privatized regulating body abolished, safety regulation revert to government control.
Provincial, local government should remain free of NAFTA, WTO rules
Ability of local governments to govern threatened by move to expand trade deals.
Public policy in UK shifts from growth to wellbeing, sustainability
Watchdog organization keeps British government on track for 'prosperity without growth'.
Public real estate fire sale in Saint John
Deal would see Irving Oil get prime real estate, active terminal in exchange for contaminated land.
Public service union going to court for part-timers, students, casual labour
Some workers not more equal than others, says PSAC.
Public services will face squeeze with economic crisis
Recession could could be used to justify privatization and cuts at a time when need is greatest.
Public-private partnerships fail to deliver
Governments should abandon the myth that the P3 model has benefits.
Quebec Auditor General asked to investigate university P3s
Rising costs, untendered contracts raise red flags.
Quebec hospitals to cost $4 billion more as P3s than if publicly-owned
Not to late to cancel the process, PQ critic says.
Quebec minister vetoes Gatineau P3 arena deal
City councillor calls it "a victory for taxpayers."
Quebec ombudsman denounces hospital's offsite, private surgery deal
Fears patient rights not protected.
Quebec to expand private health care - without debate
Province has gone further than Supreme Court demanded.
Quebec walking away from privatization partnerships
P3 agency president has stepped down, following half his board in recent months.
Radio Labour launches on-line February 1 with international coverage
Separate podcasting site for labour groups, issues, encouraging north-south dialogue.
Raleigh rallies behind public art
Another city in North Carolina approves stable funding formula for art in buildings, parks and public spaces.
Report: "significant downsides" to privatization
Examines risk, responsibility, accountability, effect on jobs, exit strategy of P3s.
Rights and Democracy shake-up an "extraordinarily serious scandal" - Broadbent
Public appointments process is used to pursue ultra-conservative political agenda.
Rising borrowing costs could hike cost of Alberta's P3 school projects
Economic consultant: will cost at least 50 percent more to build schools than through public sector.
Rural Ontario county rejects P3 wastewater bids, stays public
Councilors see through low-ball bids, high estimated operating costs.
Rural Ontario hospital cuts will cost lives, residents charge
Province's move to consolidate emergency health care in urban centres creates outcry.
Saint John council rejects public-private partnership for water
Council divided, will revisit issue with report in fall.
Saskatchewan government feeling out public-private partnerships
New secretariat to evaluate proposals.
Saskatchewan loses a piece of its soul for $5 million
Cutting public broadcaster SCN deprives province of economic activity and opportunity to tell its own stories.
Saskatchewan public servants fight back
Member activation results in grassroots action against Wall government.
Saskatchewan shelves privatization plans
Crowns earn to much to sell off.
Saskatchewan's surgical plan puts profits first, not patients
Government fails to fund public surgical centre for $3 million but finds $5.5 million for private-for-profit care.
Save Canada's national broadcaster
Petition to Prime Minister Stephen Harper for bridge financing.
Save prison farms, say Solicitor General employees, National Farmer's Union
New website aims to turn around decision shut down valuable resource.
Scotland bans privatized hospital services
Privatized support services connected to rise in superbugs.
Scotland to build UK's largest new hospital without private funding
Strictly public financing for the 'health campus'.
Self-regulation grounds US air travelers. Are Canadians next?
Aeronautics Act (C-7), now awaiting Third Reading, could be victim of Southwest and American Airlines debacles.
Selling off our public assets makes no sense for Toronto
Many of them generate stable flows of revenue that the city will lose in these one-shot deals.
Selling Ontario Power Generation would take the lid off electricity prices
The only thing that stands between Ontarians and soaring deregulated electricity prices are government caps.
Senate report says Canada lags in care of seniors
Finds "serious gaps" in health care, transportation, housing and support systems.
Service union questions private clinics
Federal government asked to enforce the Canada Health Act.
Shelve Castonguay, support medicare, says CUPE
Report on the Canada Health Act ignores already significant inroads into private health care.
Shh! Coming soon: Canada, US and Mexico's Security and Prosperity Partnership meeting
Demand to have a say in North America's future.
Should the USA keep feeding "zombie banks" public money after death?
Former Chief Economist of Senate Banking Committee advises: stop catering to past patterns of power.
Spend early on children, says OECD
New report compares public spending, policies for children with child-wellbeing in different countries.
Standardized testing: failing grade
Time-consuming, high stress test has questionable merit, say Ontario teachers.
Students hit by record youth unemployment, assistance cuts
Summer job dearth for 15 to 24 year olds breaks all previous records.
Study: Private clinics cause public waiting lists to swell
Wait times longer where private clinics poach staff from public system.
Stunning job losses mean EI must be improved
Governments have changed the rules for EI: harder to qualify, benefits chopped.
Subsistence wages, job security at heart of York University strike
With accumulated surplus, hiding behind the current economic recession is deceptive, spokesperson says.
Summits could be wasted opportunities – Pembina Institute
The countries that have the credibility to lead on the world stage are the ones who are acting at home – Clare Demerse.
Surprise! McGuinty, Charest sign interprovincial trade deal
Agreement will hamstring social, economic policy, critics charge.
Swine flu shows need for good public health systems world-wide
Beleaguered Mexican health care system ill-equipped, slow to respond to crisis.
Tainted food sparks a safety campaign
Veterinarians, inspectors, public service union want to make restoration of safety inspections an election issue.
Take a tour of the Fake Lake
See how Canada welcomes world media – and excludes civil society.
Take action on food inspection shortage
Campaign addresses the need for more meat inspectors.
Tanzania awarded nearly $8 million in dispute over failed water privatization
Tribunal finds water services deteriorated following World Bank-backed initiative.
Tar sands tanker traffic could cause another Exxon Valdez disaster
Twenty one years after mega-spill Harper government is moving to return giant tankers to the BC coastline.
Telecommunications breakdown
Consumer groups say government deregulation without adequate protection for customers was a serious mistake.
Tell PM food safety still a priority - Food Safety First Campaign
Positive steps made, but other inspection programs woefully understaffed.
Tell Stephen Harper: action required on listeriosis report
Will report on last summer's outbreak gather dust or garner changes?
Tell the USA the truth about our healthcare system
Avaaz petition aims to cause a stir in US media before congressional vote.
Texas " a battleground" over privatization of health and human services
Child Protective Services, Medicaid, food stamps on the block to lowest bidder.
The case for public investment led growth
Investors have become so risk averse, there simply has to be a major shift from private to public investment.
The great American bubble machine - Goldman Sachs
Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone provides details on how Goldman Sachs, from tech stocks to high gas prices, has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depression.
The plan: strong economy, fair society, clean environment
Reports, petition, Facebook group promote ways to change Canadian society for the better.
The SPP is dead
Security and Prosperity Partnership tainted by secrecy, Bush legacy.
The Third Depression beckons due to deficit hysteria
Old-time religion is so widespread, in Europe, officials seem to be getting their talking points from Herbert Hoover.
Thousands rally for public health care across Ontario
Marchers in five cities protest cuts to dozens of hospitals.
Three years later, floatplane fatality's widow still seeks workplace accident investigation
Independent forensic aviation specialist concludes: "The Transportation Safety Board of Canada did not fulfill its obligation in this occurrence."
Toronto City Council adopts mandatory green roof requirements
Toronto leads North America by requiring green roofs on new buildings.
Toronto Hydro Telecom sold to Cogeco
Union conferring with lawyers over City of Toronto's lack of public process.
Toronto Police threaten G20 journalists with rape
Amy Miller Miller claims she was throttled at the neck and stripped of her press pass as she was being arrested.
Toronto propane explosion: who watches safety risks?
Preventable disaster shows how badly industry 'self-policing' can fail.
Toronto strike: no contract, no service is basic business sense, not "public sector monopoly"
Why demand concessions from workers while those who caused crisis get billions in bailouts?
Train wreck: the privatization of British Rail
Before privatization, the biggest complaint was bad sandwiches, not employee fatalities.
Troubled Australian firm chosen to build, maintain 18 Alberta schools
Company plagued by layoffs, resignations, massive debt and stock devaluation.
Turkey's waterways, water services for sale in sweeping privatization programme
World Water Forum to be held in Istanbul next year.
Twelve Alberta health authority boards rolled into one
Appointed, unaccountable board addresses neither wait times nor workloads.
Twice as many processed meat inspectors needed, union says.
Research presented to parliamentary committee shows too few inspectors to do the job.
UK accountants slam lack of financial scrutiny in P3 projects
Call for stricter reporting from private sector to determine how public money is being used, whether goals are met.
UK Conservatives begin union bashing, prepare to privatize Royal Mail
Long term, these programs are horrible failures.
UK P3 projects crash and burn
Public sector bailouts only way forward.
UNICEF flunks Canada on child care
Report card on Early Childhood Education and Care program ranks Canada at the bottom.
Union report documents privatization failures as warning for Halifax
Provides details of projects that left local taxpayers holding the bag.
Union, chamber blame privatization for Turkish mine deaths
Mine accidents have risen drastically since a change in the Mining Law in 2004 that provided private subcontractors a much larger share in the sector.
United Water service failures indicative of problems
American cities suffer under privatized utilities.
Unreleased government report on water crisis in Canada made public
Warns of jurisdictional conflict with US, unsustainable industrial consumption.
Urgent call for action to stop sale of BC's rivers
Private run-of-river power projects sidestep public, environmental accountability.
US airline safety advocates sue DOT and FAA
Seek to force adoption of safety recommendations made as far back as mid-1990s.
US big banks: Privatize the profits. Socialize the losses.
US banks have been getting into trouble regularly overseas.
US Businesses and economists back public health care with petition
Public health care seen as saviour of the economy.
US Conference of Mayors pulls plug on offering bottled water
Resolution aims to redirect taxpayer dollars back to public water, other public services.
US consumers organize to oppose privatization of water utilities
Private sector shows interest as US nears the limits of its water supplies.
US Federal wildlife agencies ordered to ignore global warming
Review of greenhouse gas pollution for impact on species or habitat forbidden.
US government looks at razing suburbs
As fortunes decline and people leave, some centres find there are "simply too few people to pay for services".
US investor threatens first ever healthcare suit
Will cite provincial private clinics as unfair competition.
US lawyer's dream job is directing the London underground
On ' diabolical' PPP contracts: "No bank is going to get you home at night, so where do you want to put that money?"
US mass transit cuts leave passengers stranded
Big wheels unmoved.
US needs trillion dollar recovery package
'You can't put out a forest fire with a squirt gun,' says Congressional Progressive Caucus.
US privatized food safety inspections graded: Fail
Third-party audits for food safety likened to mail-order diploma mills for education.
US Treasury Secretary wants P3s to bail out big banks
Plan to scrub assets could leave public holding the bag, while private speculators reap the biggest rewards.
US, Canadian lobbyists weaken UN resolution protecting water as basic right
Resolution now protects right to sell water.
Videos of G20 protests and policing
Documentation of peaceful protest and repression.
Walkerton Mayor calls for public inquiry into Listeriosis outbreak
Same cast of characters, same cost-cutting and deregulation created deadly E coli outbreak.
Walkom: Ontario's phony war against druggists
Real health care cost drivers are the big multinational pharmaceuticals firms.
Water filtration P3s are election issue for Saint John
Mayoralty candidates open the discussion, ponder becoming for-profit regional water supplier.
Water privatization's tale of two cities
Tourist sewage, not promised drinking water, piped into Colombian town.
What could go wrong? Privatized British Rail demonstrates
When every service or component is owned by a different operator, nothing is simple.
What happens when a city leases public assets to private investors?
Owners have more latitude to raise prices.
What is big business hiding in overseas tax shelters?
Firms responsible for the world financial meltdown keep their profits in offshore banks.
What the media ignored at G20 protests
25,000 citizens peacefully demonstrated against G20 policies in Toronto.
What to do about the financial crisis
Tax cuts, deregulation, privatization and cuts to public spending will make the economic situation much worse.
When governments have to govern
The players want to win the competition, not simply compete.
When police stick to phony script
When private contractors go to war
Outsourcing war plays both ends: no accountability, out of control, yet under protection of US State Department.
Whistleblower Colvin testimony, Tory committee members say they are "incredulous"
Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers expresses deep concerns about personal attacks on Colvin, one of its members.
Who is this troublesome 'Fannie Mae' person, anyway?
The Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA),now privatized, began life as a US government institution.
Why are food producers still their own health inspectors?
US audit of Canadian meat plants reveals serious breaches; listeriosis investigator gagged by PM.
Why is Environment Canada gagging its own scientists?
New communications policy restricts how government researchers may interact with reporters.
Why we need a coalition government
Conservative government flounders in the face of a global economic crisis and the prospect of fast rising unemployment.
Will Alberta health mega-board create uncertainty among providers?
Impact on health care to be monitored in coming months.
Winnipeg city council sets up arm's length water and garbage utility
P3 approved despite 30 public presentations against proposed plan.
Winnipeg councillor: no water utility sales without referendum
Response to public outcry over public-private partnership.
Winnipeg families speak out on nursing home shortages
Manitoba study last year reported that the ratio of patients to staff was 80 to one.
Winnipeg public transit dollars handed to private water park
Fund from three levels of government to see discounted tickets in return for investment.
Winnipeg waste water privatization contract does not pass the smell test
Question remains whether Province will ensure that Winnipeg's proposed MCU provides sufficient oversight.
Winnipeg's move to standalone utility corporation raises fears of privatization
City water and sewer services to move out of municipal control.
Women and part-time workers asked to shoulder an unfair burden, vulnerable will suffer
An interview with Warren "Smokey" Thomas
Women's poverty takes back burner in recession
Government policies contribute to poverty among women.
Workers look to G20 leaders to pull world out of recession
We need a new set of rules for both the global economy and those who profit from it the most.
Worldwide inventory of infrastructure spending plans
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada surveys world government reactions to crisis.
Yukon energy privatization attempt brings resignations, backpeddling
Premier vows no privatization, but talks continue.
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