They may involve private sector involvement in financing, designing, building, operating and owning public services, facilities and infrastructure. It s not only just. It s the stuff that Hollywood movies are made of. A highly infectious super-bug that shrugs off even the most potent antibiotics. The virus is tenacious, persistent and vicious, devouring everything in its path.
Infection leads to a system shutdown.
Once-healthy entities waste away in a slow and lingering death. The privatization bug is spreading at an alarming rate. That's what's at stake. Building on our successes in fighting privatization CUPE s many successful campaigns fighting privatization and contracting out in the public sector were the focus for nearly 400 delegates who attended CUPE Ontario s Mobilizing 2000 Conference, held in Toronto in February. The next federal budget should focus on reinvesting the large federal surplus in the broad range of social and economic programs needed to meet the needs of Canadian people.