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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.
"Cult of outsourcing and privatizing" exposed in new Thomas Frank book
The Wrecking Crew shows how conservative ideologues sabotage the state.
"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.
"Worst job crisis in a generation" needs job stimulus
Revived manufacturing sector, green jobs, spending locally seen as solutions.
'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 Day in Your Life would be Scary without Government
Despite anti-government campaign from political conservatives, government programs and policies improve our daily lives with little notice in countless ways.
A federal election for the planet
Obvious effects of global warming "terrifying" to research scientists visiting Northwest Passage.
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.
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 budget spending shell game gets losing grade
Increases to health care, infrastructure were financed by cuts to other areas, elimination of 800 public service jobs.
Alberta election irregularities being challenged in court
Many Albertans were directed to wrong polls, left off voters lists.
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 union offers $500 prize for best video about health-care privatization
Winning video to be posted on YouTube.
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.
American health administrator says she can't protect public in profit-driven system
Missouri state hospitals closing unprofitable mental health units.
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.
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 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 public-private partnerships (P3s) questioned by Auditor General, independent review called for
"Bill of goods" being sold to Canadian taxpayers with privatization.
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.
Blowing the whistle on corporate tax avoidance
Investigative series looks at the problem in the UK.
Blue Summit inspired by search for "Water Justice"
New trade deals could see further corporatization of water systems, many First Nation reserves without safe water for years.
Book looks at Reagan's legacy of deregulation
Under Reagan, USA went from being the world's leading creditor to heaviest debtor.
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 report sounds alarm on private-public funding schemes
Canadian P3s modeled on failed British experiment.
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.
Calculating risk in public-private hospitals
CMAJ examines the pros and cons of public-private hospital construction.
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
Campaign aims to stop closures, privatization and deregulation at Canada Post
Website follows struggle to keep postal services public in places like Orleans, ON and St. Boniface, MB.
Campaign for protection of pensions, retirement security
Hot issues for federal budget, two unions use social networking to highlight concerns.
Can municipalities afford to sell electric utilities?
Revenue flow and control over core city function are lost.
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 spends one-half per capita on health than US does, yet we are healthier
Government pleads poverty, yet proceeding with tax cuts to Ontario corporations.
Canada still needs child care
Canadians have less access to services than those in 19 other countries.
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 food safety little improved since 2008 crisis
22 Canadians died as a result of the listeriosis crisis caused by Maple Leaf Foods in Toronto.
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.
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 Food Inspection Agency regulator fired for leaking government plan
Canadians' health and safety risked by handing regulation to unaccountable private sector.
Canadian health care: fact or myth?
Canadian psychologist working in US helps sort facts from fantasy.
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.
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.
Candidate Smitherman would privatize garbage, TTC
Taking cue from feds and province, Toronto public services would be on the table.
CBC cuts are ideologically driven – Charlie Angus
Consolidation, bad debts and bad mergers helped trigger media crisis.
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.
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.
Coke and Pepsi fear bottled water backlash
Bottled water still more expensive than gas, carries high environmental price tag.
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.
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 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.
Controversial safety management systems for air safety inadequate: Auditor General
Federal inspectors inundated with paperwork, don't do hands-on inspections.
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.
Cultural myth production is an enormous industry
How corporations and television create a "Stockholm Syndrome of the soul".
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.
Defend access to health care based on need: Medicare Pledge from Canadian Health Coalition
On-line initiative to demonstrate support for public insurance.
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.
Deregulation? No such thing.
The only question is, who benefits from government intervention?
Do our federal politicians still believe in Canada?
Bold, visionary national leadership needed, not more off-loading of responsibilities.
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.
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
Economic crisis, P3s cut from the same cloth
Research shows flaws in accounting, faulty assumptions.
EDITORIAL: Federal and provincial budgets spare corporations and the rich at the expense of those in need
If public servants are to make sacrifices, they should get job security in return.
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.
Education IS a public matter
Complaints about schools reveal privatization's real agenda.
EI needs to work better for more people
Canada's jobs crisis deeper than the government's own statistics suggest.
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.
Ending the hidden agenda behind tax cuts
What happens in the real world when this reasoning is taken to its logical conclusion?
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.
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 gets failing grade from Canadian Labour Congress for early childhood initiatives
Flaherty's constituency office targeted by child care protest.
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.
Financial collapse - no better time to build a better economy
Put money in the service of people and the planet - not the other way around, says author.
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.
Financing health care: is long-term sustainability possible?
Report shows maintaining medicare is a matter of choice and political will, not government's ability to pay for it.
Flaherty plans Walkerton medicine for Canadians
Defends his record in Ontario that led to water contamination, hospital and school closures, cuts to protective services.
Flaherty's budget won't promote big projects, critics say
Budget targets rehabilitation of existing structures — with strings attached.
Focus on bottom line leaves social fabric to unravel
Social infrastructure, not just bridges and roads, needs funding to function.
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: Time to rethink control by the WTO
For over a decade, governments forced to overturn public-interest laws or face trade sanctions.
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.
Former aviation inspector: Transport Canada's "main concern was to get out of enforcement business"
Tells Standing Committee of switch to SMS and self-regulation.
Framing wars: The public battle over privatization
P3s are a solution looking for a problem.
Fraser Institute's school rankings more harm than good
Standardized exams poor way of assessing students.
Free market ideology is far from finished
Change won't happen without public pressure on politicians in this key period.
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.
Gated Communities:The Beginning of a Privatized Future?
Security and services for the communities that can afford it.
GATS works to further hamstring regulators
Briefing Paper by CCPA Explores New Draft of Proposed WTO Domestic Regulation.
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.
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.
Great Lakes deal lifts diversion ban for bottling companies
Legal precedent threatens 'severe harm' to Lakes, experts warn.
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.
Hamilton airport sale to private investors would set precedent
City motion would see "windfall" to pay for city's ageing infrastructure.
Harper ignores health risks for food
Government meat inspectors' powers reduced in March without public discussion.
Harper's economic recovery plan: cut, and run from government responsibilities
Conservatives still fixated on cutting costs at all costs, even in jobless, growthless economy.
Have conservative economics won out?
Both Tories, Liberals have rewritten the playbook.
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
Hidden Agenda for Public Broadcasting
Gap grows between Conservative election policy and current stance.
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.
Housing, homelessness, health and the 2008 federal election
Housing insecurity at record levels.
How Canada can beat tough times
Government bonds would give citizens a choice as to where they direct their support.
How Sault Ste. Marie avoided massive line-ups and anger at their H1N1 clinics
More effective care in Canada needed to seamlessly link primary health care to public health.
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 the World Bank and the IFC helped create the financial crisis
Lending shared important features with subprime loans in the US.
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.
How will Harper stimulate the economy?
Possible policy scenarios include the good, the bad and the ugly.
Hydro Québec's decision to privatize wind power condemned
Charest government's decision wrong, public union says.
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.
Infrastructure neglect will cost billions – report
Average Canadian will pay $51,000 in reduced wages to cover the bill.
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.
Johannesburg High Court declares privatized, prepaid water meters unlawful & unconstitutional
Orders city to provide full range of water delivery service options.
Keep Alberta health privatization out of Saskatchewan
Costs of surgery in for-profit clinics will escalate and exceed cost of public non-profit facilities after introductory offer.
Lab reports show Canadian bottled water more contaminated than tap in most cities
Some brands had levels 400 times higher.
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.
Letter from front line to Flaherty
Instead of NSA corporate tax cuts, give tax credits for real investments in Canadian economy.
Liberals' public-private hospital deals will cost Ontarians over $500 million
McGuinty urged to halt P3 hospital projects.
Listeria crisis reveals conflict of interest
CFIA's mandate split between managing food safety and industry promotion.
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.
Looming pension crisis needs attention now
Union goal is to have 100 per cent of members with a good pension plan.
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.
Major shift in thinking needed to get commuters out of cars into public transit
Public transit expansion in Kitchener-Waterloo sees ridership up among students, low-income adults.
Manitoba Telephones, ten years later
Customers, workers, complain that privatized company puts profits before service.
Mantra of fiscal conservatism new phenomenon
Rather than reduce government programs during recession, we used to increase them.
Many American doctors openly envy Canadians for their working conditions
Private clinics in Canada undermining universality of health care.
Many critics of rail transit systems use inaccurate analysis: Victoria Transport Policy Institute
Biased data often used when calling rail transit options ineffective.
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.
McGill University casual workers unionize
Collective agreement will provide better security and working conditions.
McGuinty government wiping out elected hospital boards
Ontario Health Coalition gets no answers from Ministry as to reasons.
Mental health care must be brought into the mainstream of Medicare
Part of NUPGE's 10-Step Plan for improving public health care services.
Mental health expert: public sector in crisis
Major study requested as disability claims soar in critical public services.
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.
Moratorium on post office closures in doubt: CUPW
Concerns about current Canadian-European Union trade talks, EU members to deregulate postal services by 2012.
More cuts coming at Canada Post
Hundreds of jobs of "permanent temporary" employees at risk.
More cuts to public science in Canada, with YouTube video
NRC bids farewell to world-class research.
Most Canadians see municipal infrastructure as key to quality of life
New poll says 96 percent think funding should be maintained or increased, protected against future offloading.
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.
Museum workers want protection against contracting-out
Final offer does not protect workers, who call for arbitration.
NDP demands reinstatement of fired food inspection worker
Says government attempting to hide issue from public.
New Brunswick being run by "shadow government", letter to the editor
PV reader underlines value of social networking for grassroots organizing against sale of NB Power.
New Brunswick power deal axed
Grassroots protest congratulated on putting pressure on government to abandon plan.
New Brunswick watchdogs keying in on P3 nursing homes deals
Ombudsman, Auditor General to launch review of contract struck between provincial government and Shannex Inc.
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 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 resources, research to help battle privatization in BC
Lengthy contracts signed with private corporations to operate previously public services.
New Rule: Not everything in America has to make a profit
US commentator asks: when did the profit motive become the new patriotism?
New television ads promote value of public services
Value of public services underlined in business and family life.
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.
No US bank nationalisation without state control
Bankers will not hesitate to enrich themselves at the expense of the public good.
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.
Nova Scotia school, hospital workers have tentative deals, Montreal starts strike
Montreal blue collar workers start rotating strikes, without contract since 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.
OECD report touts privatizing Canada Post, power utilities
Netherlands post office deregulated, now has decreased profits, higher postal rates.
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 college teachers set to strike
Negotiations broke down when colleges walked away from the table.
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 home care contracts expiring, McGuinty may lift ban on competitive bidding
Media campaign makes case for building public system, better working conditions.
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 must get past the "d" word
Investments needed to boost economy: CCPA report.
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's damaged home care system at risk again
Ontario government lifts ban on competitive bidding.
Ontario's plans are financially stupid - Smokey Thomas
Hiring US investment bank like "a vampire squid wrapped around face of humanity" squeezing money out.
Ontario's school funding falling behind: Study
Province ranks 54 out of 64 Canadian and American jurisdictions.
Ontario: new "transactional" schools gaining ground
Make education relevant and thought-provoking, not about regurgitating facts, proponents say.
Oppostion to Winnipeg plan to privatize half of waste water collection: Water Watch petition
Contract could lead to future suits under Chapter 11 of NAFTA lessening public control.
Ottawa considering handing over control, redevelopment of Landsdowne Park to private sector
CUPE: Lansdowne Partnership Plan does not follow control and accountability guidelines
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
P3 for Quebec City hospital going nowhere
Hospital administration asks province to drop efforts to fund facility as private-public partnership.
P3s: Risky, expensive, inefficient and undemocratic
Are public-private partnerships a new revenue stream for corporate interests?
Pan-European citizens' coalition seeks moratorium to protect public water from privatization
European Commission pushing privatization of water services.
Paris Mayor returns municipal water services to public hands
Is the global water privatization trend ending?
Paris water public again, California resisting privatization
California groups to launch media campaign against water bond, Victoria poised to reject sewage privatization.
Parliamentary probe launched into listeriosis outbreak
Opposition parties demand to know what's going on behind closed doors.
PEI health care workers unite against privatized nursing homes
Activists lead forceful opposition to P3 mindset.
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.
Peterborough rejects privatization as a risky bargain
Report documents waste collection victory through city-union cooperation.
PIPSC issues charter challenge over budget
Legislation that breaks contracts violates rights of employees under 2007 Supreme Court ruling.
PIPSC Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance 2008
Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada
Pitfalls for professionals in public-private partnerships
Becoming "partners" in business ventures with government can bring unwelcome, untenable risks.
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 probe Montreal university P3 deal
Criminal investigation comes on the heels of provincial auditor's report.
Poll shows majority of Albertans oppose health cuts
Staying the course, not delisting services, desired by 62 percent of respondents.
Poll: 69 percent want Canada Post to keep delivering the goods
Nearly 400 municipal councils pass resolutions against postal service deregulation.
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.
Postal employees being set up to be "problem" in Canada Post challenges
Corporation wants tories to reassess pledge to maintain moritorium on rural closures.
Post-Katrina New Orleans is "SPP made real"
Recovery led by profiteers, volunteers and NGOs rather than the public sector.
Premier Williams cross-border health care, world class cardiac unit in Toronto
More Americans come here for cardiac care than Canadians going south.
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 clinics: Medical scans or marketing scam?
"Preventative" scans often neither safe nor highly accurate.
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 orthopedic clinic goes belly up
Public purse to rescue bankrupt beacon of privatized health-care.
Private water investment costly for customers, industry analysis reveals
Corporations have a financial incentive to oppose conservation, protection of drinking water sources.
Privatization – Harper Conservatives quietly eye options
Nuclear sell-off and private prisons may be on horizon.
Privatization in many forms looms as potential election issue
Another public service nightmare story could galvanize debate.
Privatization is not the answer to health care costs: properly adjusted public funding is
With passing decades, federal cost-sharing with provinces has dwindled from 50 percent to the current 25 percent.
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.
Privatization: a reality check
Canadians really do not want to privatize the public services that are most important to them.
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.
Privatizing federal buildings a "sweet deal" for new owners
25-year deal leaves taxpayers responsible for billions in undefined future rent and maintenance costs.
Privatizing health care is not the answer: lessons from the United States
Why the US spends more and gets less.
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, federal governments ignore private clinic violations of Canada Health Act
Growing trend bleeds public health care system of needed skills and services.
Provincial, local government should remain free of NAFTA, WTO rules
Ability of local governments to govern threatened by move to expand trade deals.
Prudent long-term electricity planning also needs reasonable investment
Chasing votes does little to develop requirement guidelines, reserve capacity.
Public education, combatting complacency are key to maintaining medicare
Clinics, nurse practitioners, and pharmacare combine to offer the forward - Linda Silas, CFNU
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 Science, 25,000 S & T workers affected by government labs transfers report
Should government relinquish responsibility for leadership and accountability?
Public service union going to court for part-timers, students, casual labour
Some workers not more equal than others, says PSAC.
Public Service, anyone?
After a crisis, rediscover do-gooding.
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 services: "Something you can rely on even in tough times"
Health care, public transit, education, community centres highlighted in ad campaign.
Public Values reader clarifies Hamilton airport sale story
Nanaimo airport offers lesson in "jurisdiction".
Public-Private Partnerships and Municipalities
Beyond principles: a brief overview of practices.
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 City outside workers, "cols-bleus", resist privatization of garbage collection
Media campaign underlines how other services can be privatized.
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.
Recall of common food additive reveals government failures on food safety
Contaminated protein was distributed for six weeks after contamination was detected
Regulate the markets for real
Canada the only G7 country with no federal regulatory agency for financial markets.
Report supporting public private partnerships (P3s) "biased and superficial"
Privatizing schools in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick not proven cost effective.
Report: "significant downsides" to privatization
Examines risk, responsibility, accountability, effect on jobs, exit strategy of P3s.
Research backs up public daycare for quality, cost, inclusion
Substantial body of North American research concludes:commercial status means poorer quality.
Re-tooling the financial regulatory system — and the economy
Financial crises the "hardy perennial" of unregulated financial systems.
Rhetoric of "Big Government" used to attack services
Double standard says funding for business is in the public interest and all other spending is "socialism".
Ride for free: The case for free public transit
Belgium's free public transit is a how-to success story.
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.
Sask health care providers have conciliatory talks canceled by province
Union looks for collective agreements, launches tv ad in support of public services.
Saskatchewan budget cuts 178 jobs across the board
Public service cuts will total 15 per cent over next four years despite growth in economy.
Saskatchewan Crowns (corporations) on endangered species list
Grassroots group fights to save affordable, accessible services from extinction.
Saskatchewan gov't quietly privatizing services despite election promises
IT work to be outsourced to the private sector, public park buildings sold.
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.
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.
Say NO to Privatized Sewage Treatment Facebook page
Victoria-based site offers resources and feedback on municipal anti-privatization campaigns across Canada
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'.
Security and Prosperity Partnership: Not a merger made in heaven
We give up the right to decide national policies in food, energy and investment, but it makes the multinationals happy.
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 assets does not address genuine economic issues
Fire sale of assets may be way for premier to look good in next election.
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.
Senior federal scientists have to obtain permission to speak publicly, but rarely allowed to
Muzzling of scientists responsible for cod fishery collapse, salmon stock decline.
Service union questions private clinics
Federal government asked to enforce the Canada Health Act.
Seven deadly sins of deregulation — and three necessary reforms
Current crisis the result of the misguided notion that financial markets can regulate themselves.
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.
Shorter, shared workweek could end unemployment: covered by EI
Best-kept secret of Canadian employment insurance policy should be extended to all public and bailed-out private enterprises.
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.
SK contracts-out surgeries and tests
Plan will harm the public health system because there are not enough resources to staff two parallel systems.
SK public servants settle, ON college teachers narrowly accept contract
Agreement comes after five months without contract for SGEU members.
Social infrastructure creates three times more jobs than tax cuts
Frontline workers tell first ministers to reinvest in public services.
Social networking supports campaign for more nurses
London nurses among groups to use Facebook to spread the word.
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.
Stats Can study: public infrastructure raises economic productivity
Between 1962 and 2006, one half of private sector productivity the result of public works.
Stop post office closures, call for moratorium: CUPW petition
Rural, small town post offices to be closed without community consultations or options investigated.
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.
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 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.
Tax cuts caused deficit
Losing billions more to new cuts still won't fund services to citizens.
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 business case and the human case both support public health care, says health economist
But Canada loses its health-care edge with a pharmaceutical regime you could call "Little America" - Bob Evans
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 free-market state as predator
Suddenly planning, standards, regulation and progressive taxes don't seem so bad.
The global financial crisis: Lessons and responses from Africa
Global South should break free from failed neoliberal policies, says noted thinker.
The plan: strong economy, fair society, clean environment
Reports, petition, Facebook group promote ways to change Canadian society for the better.
The public interest is not for sale
Government, not private industry, provides independent, non-partisan accountability in public safety issues.
The Shock Doctrine in Action in New Orleans
Disaster capitalists continue to reap side benefits of disastrous flooding.
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.
Thirty-year campaign against government smashes against reality
Financial crisis and listeriosis outbreak have shaken the foundations of the neo-Conservative campaign against all things public.
This fall, vote for medicare
Harper government not collecting needed data nor enforcing rules.
This is Privateering
George Lakoff proposes a new way to frame privatization and contracting out.
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."
Thunder Bay workers campaign against C-39, loss of one hundred inspection, regulatory jobs
Conservative Bill puts consumers at risk, gives grain companies advantage over producers, say Grain Commission supporters.
Time to renegotiate NAFTA, not expand it
SPP affects over 300 areas of government responsibility, without legislative transparency.
Toronto City Council adopts mandatory green roof requirements
Toronto leads North America by requiring green roofs on new buildings.
Toronto council votes to keep power in public hands
Publicly-owned and delivered electricity has helped Toronto prosper.
Toronto Hydro Telecom sold to Cogeco
Union conferring with lawyers over City of Toronto's lack of public process.
Toronto Hydro: Keep Telecom Public!
CUPE Local One members from Toronto Hydro Telecom take their anti-privatization message to the streets.
Toronto propane explosion: who watches safety risks?
Preventable disaster shows how badly industry 'self-policing' can fail.
Toronto puts green rooftops high on public planning agenda
Letter congratulates city for move to become first in North America to both require and govern construction of roof gardens.
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 health researcher tells Canada: contracting-out hospital cleaning a big mistake
Health care associated infections are fourth leading cause of death in Canada.
UK P3 projects crash and burn
Public sector bailouts only way forward.
Unhappy days may be here again
"Dalton Days" floated in Ontario, but no one suggests the obvious alternative of raising corporate taxes.
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.
Unions tell finance ministers of social, economic risks of failing to support retirees
Companies hiding behind bankruptcy courts to reduce pension benefits.
United Water service failures indicative of problems
American cities suffer under privatized utilities.
Universal health care drives the economy
Employment, spending linked to access.
Unreleased government report on water crisis in Canada made public
Warns of jurisdictional conflict with US, unsustainable industrial consumption.
Upcoming federal budget needs tax fairness, investment in public services
Don't panic about recession, PM, finance minister told at pre-budget consultations.
Update on Automation
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 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 government whistleblower protection endorsed by 112 organizations
Historic letter concludes eight-year struggle to protect federal workers.
US health insurers' bottom line: reject odds-on claimants
Health care covers only healthy people.
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.
Victoria looking to privatize sewage services against industry advice
P3 not the way to go says construction head
Video of protest, arrests at Ontario hospital raises questions
P3 approval, centralization based on deception, resident claims.
Walkerton anniversary underlines perils of privatization
CBC looks inside Canada's worst-ever E. coli contamination.
Walkerton Mayor calls for public inquiry into Listeriosis outbreak
Same cast of characters, same cost-cutting and deregulation created deadly E coli outbreak.
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.
Water should be for people, not profit
Citizens can take action to protect public water resources before it is too late.
We need stronger regulations for the global financial system
Petition calls for fundamental causes of global financial crisis to be addressed.
Web site supports Rights & Democracy work, against interference by feds
Former presidents line up to offer support for the human rights work of organization.
Welcome to 'Free Public Services Day'
When our taxes are paid for the year, so are the benefits of civilization.
What could go wrong? Privatized British Rail demonstrates
When every service or component is owned by a different operator, nothing is simple.
What government can do in the first 30 days after the election
We have been vividly reminded that we need governments to act in the common good.
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 is education for?
Students aren't customers; education is not a commodity – argues author.
What postal deregulation has done for me
Misdirected mail, bad service in suburb served by private contractor.
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 private contractors go to war
Outsourcing war plays both ends: no accountability, out of control, yet under protection of US State Department.
Where is the balance in Private-Public Partnership reporting?
National Post ignores other perspectives on P3 piece.
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.
Why you should be screaming for higher taxes
US economic growth was strongest when taxes were high.
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 set to dismantle public governance of water treatment with no public consultation
Research firm "has already consulted with leading private water/wastewater service providers."
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.
Workers of the World Relax: May 1 reminds us why we need a shorter workweek
Reduced workweek combats poverty, increases employment, author says.
World Water Day celebrated across Canada
Union promotes public–public partnerships.
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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