Re: <nettime> Privatisation of Government Services

[Bill Spornitz <spornitz {AT} pangea.ca>]

As well, the government of the Province of Ontario has been on a 
track of *neo-liberal* privatisation for several years - wouldn't the 
*Walkerton Tragedy* (as it's been called) be a result of the 
weakening of the role of government in these critical social welfare 
issues? It seems to me, in this case, if the government were playing 
a stronger role it would be in its place to negate the effects of 
such *enlightened self interest*.

Bill

>  > From:  Tom Gray {AT} MITEL on 12/21/2000 08:54 AM
>>  For those concerned with the ongoing privatisation of government services 
>>  and its effect on the democratic control of such services, the following 
>>  link  is to a story on the current controversy in Canada on the water 
>>  supply of  the village
>
>Ok, I'll bite... what does this story have to do with privatization?  It
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