Privitization

The Ontario Liberals have ushered in the most regressive and anti-student policies in Canada. I remain unconvinced that a Liberal promise for free post-secondary education is what it says it is.

Trade and investment agreements increase corporate power, erode state sovereignty, weaken democratic authority and are central to the neoliberal framework of privatization and deregulation.

On October 20, Catarina de Albuquerque, the special rapporteur on the human right to drinking water and sanitation and Leilani Farha, the special rapporteur on housing, visit Detroit.

I submitted comments to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade as part of a government request for input on Canada's participation in a plurilateral international services agreement.

Margaret Thatcher broke decisively with the post-war Keynesian welfare state and ushered in the still-enduring age of neo-liberalism.

Hamilton City Council passed a second motion on CETA, re-stating its preference "to be excluded from the CETA," and requesting "an immediate briefing from the Provincial Government."

The City of Regina recently announced its intention to enter into a 30-year contract with a private corporation to upgrade its wastewater treatment facilities.

Where does the Saskatchewan government stand on the privatization of provincial Crown corporations? Despite rhetorical commitment to the Crowns, it seems like privatization is on the agenda.