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Pages tagged "Public-Private Partnerships"


SNC-Lavalin Profile

Posted on Publications by Daniel Cayley-Daoust · January 08, 2015 4:26 PM

(Français)

(Updated January 2015) This short corporate profile of SNC-Lavalin highlights elements of its corporate structure, some of its controversies and contracts it has obtained in Canada.

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Black & Veatch Profile

Posted on Publications by Daniel Cayley-Daoust · July 12, 2014 12:42 PM

(Français)

A new profile of global infrastructure corporation Black & Veatch highlights a potential bidder in Canadian water and wastewater privatization deals.

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Bilfinger Berger Profile

Posted on Publications by Daniel Cayley-Daoust · July 12, 2014 6:17 AM · 2 reactions

(Français)

New research on P3 firm Bilfinger Berger exposes how the corporation uses a tax haven to avoid paying taxes on its operations.

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Veolia Profile

Posted on Publications by Daniel Cayley-Daoust · July 11, 2014 4:23 PM · 9 reactions

(Français)

New research exposes the risks of privatizing Canada’s water and wastewater systems by entering into public-private partnerships with one of the world’s biggest corporations.

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Pushing back against the privatization of public water services

Posted on Media and Articles by Daniel Cayley-Daoust · February 05, 2014 5:30 PM · 1 reaction

(Originally posted on Rabble.ca)

By Daniel Cayley-Daoust

Water and wastewater services have long been considered an essential public service in Canada. With few exceptions, these services have remained under the explicit management and ownership of municipal governments. The federal government, however, wants to allow the private sector to operate new water and wastewater facilities in the form of private-public partnerships (P3s). The priorities set out for the 2012 and 2013 application process of Public-Private Partnerships Canada (PPP Canada) and a water and wastewater sector study published on the crown corporation's website confirms the interest of the federal government in the P3 model for the water services industry.

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