Privatization Watch

Privatization Watch is a monthly bulletin tracking the latest news about P3s, contracting out and other attacks on public services. The bulletin also profiles public alternatives to privatization.

Privatization Watch relies on the eyes and ears of CUPE members and staff in communities - whether it's recognizing the early warning signs of privatization, or exposing the flaws in a P3 that's underway. Let us know what's happening in your local, your community and your workplace. Send your tips and leads to p3alert@cupe.ca. To subscribe, go to http://lists.cupe.ca/privatizationwatch.

Privatization Watch - December 2011

Dec 22, 2011 04:51 PM

• Feds peddle P3s: Join the fight to keep water public
• Alberta’s water is not for sale: new report
• Public day surgery centre offers “best pathway” to expand capacity in Regina
• Get ready for Bottled Water Free Day: take the campus survey
• Awareness and action on CETA continue to build across Canada
• CETA: A Trojan horse at the National Assembly – for public debate now!
• CUPE calls for collaborative approach on public health care: negotiate, don’t dictate
• A new Health Accord must protect and strengthen the public system
• CUPE 966 and Ontario Health Coalition insist: don’t sell Peel Manor Long-Term Care Centre
• Keep Pioneer Manor Public: staff and concerned citizens hold rally
• Wish list for the 12 days of child care Christmas to the Ontario premier’s door

Privatization Watch - October/November 2011

Dec 6, 2011 01:04 PM

• P3 water project sinks in Abbotsford
• Alberni Valley campaign sinks P3 – keeps water public
• Abbotsford joins BC lobby to cut P3 strings from federal infrastructure funding
• Abbotsford packs the hall for public water
• Citizen takes on Abbotsford City Hall over P3 plan
• P3 water – Public money used to push private option in Abbotsford
• Feds get failing grade on drinking water protection
• Municipalities across Canada raise concerns about CETA
• CETA 2011 tour wraps up in December with London and Charlottetown dates
• Health care: 94% of Canadians - including Conservatives - choose public over for-profit solutions
• Privatization: the wrong direction for patients
• The truth about health care : Public Medicare is sustainable
• President of Britain's UNISON tells health care workers: Beware of privatization!
• Contracted-in NS road work cuts costs in half
• Regina curbside recycling should be publicly delivered
• Keep it Public! Our Proposal for Curbside Recycling in Regina
• Panelists share info and inspire at Child Care Sector meeting

Privatization Watch - September 2011

Oct 5, 2011 05:57 PM

• B.C. municipalities show strong support for public water
• Contracted-in Port Moody waste services collect international award
• Public waste services key to Port Coquitlam award win
• 89% of NL parents with childcare-age children support a public system – new poll
• Town of Mission to press Ottawa on public water
• City of Abbotsford silent on P3 plans
• Toronto councillors get clear message in massive poll: stop the cuts
• Eastern Municipal Conference wraps up with successful CETA event
• More university campuses choose public water
• Town of Conception Bay South contracts in residential garbage collection
• Sign the petition to fight federal public service cuts

Privatization Watch - February 2011

Mar 4, 2011 12:55 PM

• VIDEO: Stephen Lewis inspires municipal workers to protect public services
• 4,700 Penticton residents participate in privatization town hall
• City of London resists challenge to overturn bottled water ban
• CUPE members endorse declaration on municipal services
• A tale of two cities: Ottawa and Toronto make different choices on garbage pick-up
• Garbage In, Garbage Out: the real costs of solid waste collection
• CUPE videos debunk the myths about privatization of health care
• Sherbooke to save $750,000 a year by bringing garbage collection services in house
• Nova Scotia Highway Workers’ Union welcomes government figures on asphalt initiative

Privatization Watch - January 2011

Mar 4, 2011 12:41 PM

• Poll shows Saskatchewan residents want public solutions to health care wait lists
• Private long-term care: more profit, less care
• Federal support needed for Canadian cities and towns
• Suspend and investigate secret KGH/Compass foodservice deal, says community coalition
• Make your workplace bottled water free
• Canada-EU trade talks put Canada’s water up for sale, says new report
• CUPE, coalition allies to challenge Canada-EU trade talks in Brussels
• Unions rally in defense of public services

Privatization Watch - November 2010

Dec 6, 2010 05:02 PM

• Council for Public Private Partnerships puts privatization plans into high gear
• P3 white elephant draws a crowd in Penticton
• CUPE launches national public services survey
• Alberta Tory documents suggest for profit health coming after next election
• Register now for CUPE’s National Municipal Sector Meeting
• Kingston hospital food fight heats up
• Committee tackles privatization and contracting out of public services
• CUPE committee tackles growth of for-profit child care

Privatization Watch - October 2010

Nov 3, 2010 10:21 PM

• Privatization is not the cure
• City of Ottawa municipal workers host candidate forum on public private partnerships
• City of Indianapolis pays $29-million to escape contract with Veolia Water
• Arbitrator restricts Regina health region's contracting-out plans
• Hundreds gather in Ottawa to protest trade deal
• Lowering the cost of Montreal contracts
• CUPE Nova Scotia seeks more details on proposed Halifax convention centre

Privatization Watch - May 2010

Jun 2, 2010 02:55 PM

• The communities we want
• Bombardier head questions public-private partnerships
• Conservatives fund risky, expensive privatization deals
• Seymour-Capilano Filtration Plant opens
• Summary of Literature Review: The impact of privatization/contracting out on workers with disabilities
• Wastewater systems Effluent Regulations - Submission to the Deparment of the Environment by CUPE

Privatization Watch - April 2010

May 4, 2010 04:23 PM

• New report documents Peterborough waste collection victory
• CETA threatens public services
• Alberta AG raises questions about P3 schools
• Powell River to privatize wastewater treatment
• Keep postal services public
• NS premier announces bottled water ban
• Report shows P3 for Halifax convention centre costs more

Privatization Watch - March 2010

Apr 6, 2010 04:25 PM

• Win for public sewage treatment in Victoria
• Toronto's well-being rests on public assets
• Privatizing Quebec hospital “too risky”: study
• Sherbrooke P3 arena: a predictable disaster
• Video exposes truth about bottled water
• Ryerson U goes bottled-water free
• CUPE champions public water across Canada
• New book challenges privatization claims
• New research exposes P3s, water privateers