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You can help choose who will win this year's Scammie for the worst privatization deal!
Ottawa (15 June 2015) — Almost all privatization deals are bad news for the public. The profit motive leads to higher costs, reduced services, and a whole lot of sleaze.
Privatization Scam of the Year Awards shows link between privatization and sleaze
The Privatization Scam of the Year Awards draw attention to the profiteering, lower standards and outright corruption that come with privatization.
This year's nominees show that privatization scams are not isolated examples. All nominations were the result of events that took place in 2014.
The nominees for the 2014 “Scammie” are:
- Ontario’s P3 privatizations schemes that added $8 billion to the cost of public infrastructure
- British Columbia’s replacement of home care professionals with unpaid volunteers
- New Brunswick’s secret negotiations to privatize food and cleaning services in hospitals
- Replacing public employees with consultants in Saskatchewan — at double the cost
- Interpol called in to help with investigation of Montreal hospital P3 privatization scheme corruption
The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE), which sponsors the Awards, encourages you to visit www.whatascam.ca to vote for your choice for the Privatization Scam of the Year Award and to share the link with others who are concerned about privatization.
Voting is open until September 10.
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