Tag Archive: public private partnership

Privatizing public infrastructure is enormously costly. Let’s not repeat the mistake.

Sep 1, 2016

An announcement is expected next week on a plan for the long-awaited Victoria wastewater treatment plant, which has been the subject of ongoing controversy about its need and location. But one question has received much less attention: will this roughly billion-dollar piece of infrastructure be publicly owned and controlled, or will it be handed over… View Article

Public private partnerships under increasing attack in the UK

Aug 19, 2011

By Keith Reynolds

While British Columbia continues to invest billions in public private partnerships(P3s), a UK Parliamentary Committee today told its government to “wean itself off the practice.” The Treasury Select Committee found: We have not seen clear evidence of savings and benefits in other areas of PFI projects which are sufficient to offset this significantly higher cost of… View Article

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Tag Archive: public private partnership

Privatizing public infrastructure is enormously costly. Let’s not repeat the mistake.

Public private partnerships under increasing attack in the UK