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Prime Minister Trudeau, Minister McKenna and Michael Sabia make an announcement on infrastructure funding, October 2020. Image credit: Adam Scotti/PMO
Trudeau's new infrastructure bank ensures business profits from public services
Linda McQuaig | Governments are generally secretive about giving handouts to business, but the Trudeau government has come up with a particularly sneaky way to offer corporate welfare.
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Public-private partnerships de-democratize water
Doreen Nicoll | As part of the economic recovery from COVID, the federal Liberal government will likely rely on the Canada Infrastructure Bank and its mandate to form P3 agreements to minimize municipal debt.
News
Puerto Rico’s governor outlines to Canadians how they can profit from Hurricane Maria misfortune
Rosemary Frei | Seeking international investors to come to the storm-strewn island, the governor outlines to Canadians how they can find a return on investment in public-private partnerships in Puerto Rico.
Columnists
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Justin Trudeau versus Stephen Harper: What's the difference?
Duncan Cameron | By 2015, for most Canadians, the Harper government had run out its time. Voters decided to replace it with the Trudeau Liberals. How is that working out?
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Trudeau's finance minister wants private investment in infrastructure, non-committal on privatizations
Karl Nerenberg | Finance Minister Bill Morneau delivered his Fall Economic Statement on Tuesday with some new commitments to private investment in public infrastructure.
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As Nova Scotia's P3 school leases expire, government has opportunity to get out of the P3 shell game
Stephen Kimber | P3 shell-game deals, which don't show up as government debt, are "typically used to conceal government expenditures and provide guaranteed long-term profits for contractors."
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Keep public services public: The perils of privatization and outsourcing
Lynne Fernandez | The results of the federal election indicate that most Canadians understand the value of publicly provided services. Hopefully this is a lesson all the political parties in Manitoba have absorbed.
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Saint John opts for Spanish company for its P3 drinking water system
Brent Patterson | Saint John city council is moving ahead with a public-private partnership (P3) for a new 100 million litre per day drinking water treatment plant.
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Liberals trot out Paul Martin to decry NDP's 'far-right' swerve
Nora Loreto | Paul Martin's assertion that the NDP has moved to the "far right" doesn't hold water. Although he would know.
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Harper's pre-election infrastructure announcements will promote privatization
Brent Patterson | The Harper government will be using its $14-billion Building Canada Fund to help it win the October 19 federal election. But let's look more closely at the Building Canada Fund.
Columnists
The deficit the Harper government refuses to recognize
Duncan Cameron | Finance Minister Joe Oliver does not want to recognize that spending on public infrastructure is a good way of strengthening a weak Canadian economy.
Podcast
Ontario auditor general says P3s wasted $8 billion in public funds
Redeye Collective | Canada is a world leader in the market for public-private partnerships. But when Bonnie Lysyk looked at 74 projects under Infrastructure Ontario, she found a huge cost associated with P3s.