Profiting from care Canada's aging population is going to need increasing amounts of care. Long-term care corporations see this as a bonanza. The private sector role in long-term care is steadily increasing, with a handful of corporations playing a large role. Those corporations want to get in on the guaranteed stream of public funding that comes with long-term care. Private long-term care scores lower than public care on almost every count.
Private care costs more and delivers poor-quality patient care.
Extremely low wages in private care facilities lead to high staff turnover, threatening continuity and quality of care. Redirecting government funding into publicly owned and operated facilities and expanding the network of continuing care would provide a better future for Canada's seniors. Electrical utilities Deregulation of electrical utilities has sparked a storm of problems across North America and in Britain. Promises that competition will make electricity generation and delivery more efficient, which in turn will lead to lower electricity prices and greater consumer choice, have evaporated as consumers confront skyrocketing bills. Price rigging was rampant in the deregulated British market and in California deregulation has led to blackouts and price hikes.