Trojan Horse.indd May 9, 2007 Privatization , the PublicService Trojan Horse One of the key political dynamics of our resistance to adding services to the time is the pressure on governments basket. [...] treated as a cash resource, but, more Some of the findings in the report deal with; importantly, government is centralizing control and institutional governance of Health Care – where there is a drive by universities and colleges (as seen in the on- government to take healthcare services going dispute over the creation of UCN). [...] The cases of garbage collection But a great deal of privatization, is hidden in Winnipeg (where the cost saving has and subtle, such as the contracting out not materialized), recreation services in of janitorial services, the under funding of Brandon (golf and rink services in Brandon child care, or the imposition of business have decreased), and Handi-Transit in both management methods in college. [...] taken place through the ever-decreasing levels of overall government funding, the “Privatization in the guise of solving our restrained support for early childhood public service needs, just like the Trojan education and care, and the dramatic Horse of Greek myth, is more likely to erode decrease in various forms of income our public service system than energize it,” support for Manitobans on low. [...] due attention and serious effort on the part of citizens and politicians, private sector In brief, the authors of the report say that agencies could soon dominate public service privatization in all sectors has not lived up and Manitobans will have little or no power to to the promises and claims of lower cost reclaim authority for the services essential to and more efficient and more effective pu.
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