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 - February 2010
Mar 2, 2010 05:20 PM
- The Conference Board on P3s: Biased and superficial
- Trade deal short-changes provinces, cities
- CUPE organizing to protect home care
- Overflow crowd gives thumbs down to Victoria private sewage treatment
- Auditor General slams NS P3 schools
- NB school board workers protest P3 schools
- Survey tracks corporate activity on campus
- Get active for World Water Day
- On campus? Go bottled water free
- Residential long-term care in Canada: our vision for better seniors’ care
Privatization Watch - January 2010
Feb 9, 2010 05:18 PM
- Blue Summit podcasts now available
- Canadians rank local infrastructure as top priority
- Victoria sewage options include privatization
- Sewage treatment should include public resource recovery
- Quebec City cols-bleus fight garbage privatization
- B.C. Auditor General P3 review is timely
- Study exposes flaws in Canada-EU deal
- CUPE delegation defends human and labour rights in the Philippines
- Vancouver water plant delivers ‘best in world’
- Whistler showcases public sewage system
Privatization Watch - December 2009
Dec 22, 2009 03:52 PM
- Blue Summit: Celebrating a decade of water wins
- Blue Summit: The state of Canada’s water systems
- Blue Summit: Water is a human right
- Beloeil P3 scrapped
- BC P3 methodology ‘seriously flawed’
- CUPE supports fired Mexican electrical workers
Privatization Watch - November 2009
Dec 4, 2009 12:17 PM
- Governments must act to protect water
- Blue Summit tackles key water issues
- Analyses biased in favor of P3s
- CUPE calls for public inquiry into Quebec municipal sector
- Lansdowne Live: the real costs for the public and taxpayers of Ottawa
- Mexico: No privatization by force
Privatization Watch - October 2009
Oct 30, 2009 01:12 PM
- Public services a great investment - Moist
- Quebec, SK privatization offices close
- What is PPP Canada Inc.?
- Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA): A Plan for Privatization of Public Services
- New guide on collective bargaining and privatization
- Register today for water summit
Privatization Watch - September 2009
Oct 2, 2009 01:49 PM
- Register today for water summit
- Federal privatization fund out of step with economic reality
- Scrapped P3 meter contract bypassed city workers
- Privatization warning signs
- A win for the people of Beloeil
- CUPE defends public food service at Coquitlam arena
- Unions in court over EPCOR privatization
Privatization Watch - Summer 2009
Sep 8, 2009 04:12 PM
- Video on Haida Gwaii garbage campaign
- Quebec drops P3 plans for Turcot interchange
- CUPE applauds Alberta Government for delivering on Schools
- West Nipissing Town Council does the right thing - Unanimous vote validates CUPE’s position against privatization of ambulance service
- Good news in Beloeil
Privatization Watch - June 2009
Jul 2, 2009 04:46 PM
- Quebec gov't backs away from P3s
- P3s even more expensive since financial crisis: report - McGuinty government clinging to P3 model despite even higher costs
- Report highlights downsides of P3s
- Garbage and recycling back in-house in Port Moody BC
- Trade high on agenda for FCM day one
- Privatizing ambulances – what’s next? Fire and police? “Community safety not for sale”: CUPE
Privatization Watch - May 2009
Jun 1, 2009 09:40 PM
- Prince Edward County wastewater stays public
- Alberta cancels P3 high school plans
- P3 secrecy comes with a price
- Cut and crowded, Ontario hospitals falling behind UK in fighting infections
- P3 incinerator bad policy, bad for health, bad for Durham, warns CUPE Ontario President
- Quebec auditor general must investigate campus P3s
Privatization Watch - April 2009
May 1, 2009 05:34 PM
- Study shows value from public services
- Feds spend millions on bottled water: report
- CUPE delegates call for moratorium on private power
- CHC launches campaign to save public health care
- Colombia liquidates Cali unions
- Civic union welcomes recommendations: Parks and recreation board chair says “no” to rink closures
- Health care associated infections: a backgrounder