Media
News releases include media contacts. For other enquiries, refer to the listing of Communications Representatives across the country. Please note: Journalists can expect a timely response to email enquiries, but for urgent matters, please phone.
“Look before you leap into competition and privatized health system”
Mar 30, 2007 01:55 PM Sitting British Labour MP and former health minister tells Ontario politicians, communities Frank Dobson, a sitting Labour MP and former health minister, who is critical of his own government’s experiment with private health care, has a message for Ontario political parties — “don’t leap into competition and privatized health system. It’s not working well in Britain.”
Greater Victoria sewage treatment should be public – Environics survey
Feb 12, 2007 02:15 PM The overwhelming majority of Capital Regional District (CRD) residents want new sewage treatment to be publicly operated by the CRD, not by private corporations, a new survey has found. Residents also want environmentally advanced technology to reuse and recycle waste.
Privatization of care at heart of issue
Feb 8, 2007 09:52 AM “Canadians have a reasonable expectation to receive health care in a timely manner,” says the president of Canada’s largest union.
Funding order in the mayhem
Jan 22, 2007 05:18 PM The National Post published a column last week in favour of for-profit water. Our national president wrote a response. They won't publish our piece, so we are.
P3 schools a disaster waiting to happen
Jan 22, 2007 02:16 PM Refusing to learn from Nova Scotia's mistake, Alberta is now considering P3 schools. Parents, taxpayers, and school trustees should be very concerned.
Halifax contractor clears sod, not snow
Dec 11, 2006 02:20 PM CUPE says media reports that a private contractor using improper equipment cleared more sod than snow in north-end Halifax should be no surprise.
Forced Partnerships BC oversight unanimously condemned by BC Fed convention delegates
Nov 30, 2006 06:17 PM BC’s labour movement is standing united against Campbell’s agenda to force public-private partnerships (P3s) on communities throughout the province and vows to oppose any attempt by the provincial or federal government to privatize the planned Capital Region District sewage treatment plant.
P3 survey dodges accountability question
Nov 20, 2006 01:04 PM OTTAWA – A pro-privatization group’s poll doesn’t ask about transparency, oversight and public scrutiny of P3 deals.
The P3 dilemma
Nov 8, 2006 01:48 PM Ottawa - Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty suggests that public-private partnerships (P3s) provide "fascinating financing arrangements" (Ottawa To Tap Private Sector For Public Project Funding - Nov. 7).
Mexican activist to speak on water privatization
Nov 3, 2006 03:23 PM Across Canada and the world citizens are fighting back against private corporations taking control of public water and sewer services. In B.C., Premier Gordon Campbell just announced a wholesale policy to privatize major infrastructure projects, including the new sewage treatment project in the Greater Victoria region.
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