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Seniors’ care concerns should be taken seriously in this election

May 1, 2009

Access to residential care beds for seniors was dubbed “an election hotspot” by CTV early last week, and for good reasons. The party that forms government after May’s election will have to deal with the pressures that the aging population would put on the already strained system of seniors’ care in BC. Fundamentally, providing an… View Article

Contracting Out: Enough to make you sick

Mar 21, 2009

By Colleen Fuller

There is now an accumulation of evidence, both international and domestic, that contracting out is good — but only if you happen to own shares in MDS, Sodexho, LifeLabs, Compass, Aramark or any number of other piggybackers. Unfortunately, if you are merely a patient, taxpayer and/or hospital worker you are probably getting sicker, paying more… View Article

Forensic auditors say P3s expensive, biased and secret

Jan 29, 2009

By Keith Reynolds

So who are you going to believe about public private partnerships (P3s)? One side of the debate says they’re swell. They save money for taxpayers, they come in on budget and they transfer risk from governments to companies. But other people say details are kept secret from the public and that in fact they cost… View Article

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Tag Archive: hospital

Seniors’ care concerns should be taken seriously in this election

Contracting Out: Enough to make you sick

Forensic auditors say P3s expensive, biased and secret