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BC hospital P3 ownership moves to tax haven
One more of British Columbia’s public private partnerships (P3s) has headed on down the road to ownership in a European tax haven. Bilfinger Berger Global…
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What’s the Canada-EU trade deal all about?
Chances are, you’ve heard about the Canada-EU trade deal. It’s hard to miss, what with the federal government hard at work staging photo-ops and events…
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BC governments extends outsourced health information management despite issues raised by Auditor General
British Columbia’s government today announced it had extended its agreement with Maximus BC, a US subsidiary corporation, to manage BC’s health information for another five years.…
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A new government? It’s not as easy as it looks
If there is a new government in BC on May 15th, it will be confronted with issues that make the transition particularly challenging. The financial…
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Making the case for public dental care
There is a classic episode of the Simpsons, where Mr Burns cuts the dental plan for the nuclear power plant. With Lisa needing braces, Homer becomes a…
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Are tax havens robbing the government of revenue from P3s? Nobody seems to care
When British Columbia sets up public private partnerships (P3s) to let the private sector operate hospitals, roads and bridges, one of the considerations is taxes.…
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Getting it Wrong For Seniors in British Columbia
Seniors and their families need and should have access to useful information when they are making critical decisions about residential care and throughout the period…
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Construction industry accuses Partnerships BC of conflict of interest
I think that Philip Hochstein, president of the Independent Contractors and Business Association, is probably more hostile to the interests of working people than just…
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The staggering future costs of the BC government’s contracts
As usual, there has been quite a hubbub surrounding this week’s release of British Columbia’s Public Accounts. The provincial auditor says the provincial deficit is…
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How the rules got fiddled to make sure a public private partnership got pushed through
In 2008 British Columbia’s controversial public private partnership (P3) program was in trouble. With P3s private companies put up financing for public services and infrastructure…
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Seven reasons why you should support a move to low tuition fees for higher education
Much of the media coverage of the Quebec student protests has dismissed the protestors as cranky middle and upper-middle class children trying to protect their…
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So why is all the good writing on privatization of liquor distribution in the business press?
Privatization of government assets is always a controversial subject. One side says the genius of the marketplace will cut costs and improve efficiency. The other…
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