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What provincial auditors have said about P3s – Fact Sheet

May 16, 2017April 28, 2017

Over the years, provincial auditors across the country have questioned the financial rationale for using public-private partnerships (P3s) to build public infrastructure. Provincial auditors are independent officers of legislative assemblies Read more […]

Tags health care, Hospitals, Privatization, QE2

10 problems with P3s

May 16, 2017April 28, 2017

Across Canada, some governments are promoting privatizing public infrastructure and services through public-private partnerships, also known as P3s. In a P3 deal, private corporations make a profit from financing, operating and/or maintaining Read more […]

Tags health care, Hospitals, Privatization, QE2

A warning for taxpayers in Nova Scotia

April 24, 2017

A shorter version of this editorial was published in the Halifax Metro newspaper special edition on unions, published April 24, 2017, along with this ad (see photo below). Time and time again provincial governments are forced to admit they Read more […]

Tags health care, Hospitals, Privatization
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