How it impacts the daily lives of all Canadians. How to mobilize against it. And, how to build popular opposition to it. Privatization has more aliases than Jesse James. In whatever guise, privatization is at the core of a global corporate agenda one with an insatiable appetite for power and profit.
Privatization means the virtual dismantling of public services in favour of private business.
It means a surrender of the public interest to private interests. That's why, as I look around this room today, I am truly delighted to see such a broad representation of Congress affiliates. I'll be frank with you. Three years ago, a conference on privatization would have drawn few delegates from private sector unions. The day is past when privatization was solely a concern of public sector unions.