General cross–sector issues EQUALITY Strategic challenge
To engage equality seeking groups with CUPE to participate in anti-privatization campaigns Contracting-out disproportionately adversely affects women and immigrant workers Workers with disabilities Aboriginal communities encouraged to use P3s to deal with water problems and other infrastructure Public-private partnerships with aboriginal communities and municipalities – Tony Penikett report to CUPE regarding A First Nation Water Strategy for CUPE Research on impacts of privatization on workers with disabilities with a view to producing resources for workers with disabilities Proposed tour of Aboriginal communities in B.C. to explore attitudes toward privatization, P3s and public-private partnerships with a view to promoting positive public examples
Key threats
Opportunities/Successes Campaigns and proposals
INFRASTRUCTURE Strategic challenge
Key threats
N.S. N.B. Opportunities/Successes
B.C. Campaigns and proposals N.B.
How to develop effective, clear and straightforward public campaigns in a multifaceted and multi jurisdictional threat where it is necessary to work with other unions, coalitions, community groups, allies, and experts Federal push to use P3s through Building Canada and PPP Canada Inc. B.C. and Alberta governments pushing P3s P3 hospitals, schools, LTC’s Water and wastewater P3s Using Partnerships B.C. to promote P3s
Highway P3 Complaints regarding P3s from construction industry Hugh McKenzie’s Bad Before, Worse Now report regarding the financial and the
increased cost of P3 deals Municipal and provincial elections Ron Parks ”Evaluation of P3s” report in B.C. about P3 problems P3 summit in October 2008 Federal P3 strategy including a P3 conference early in 2010
Highway Project P3
TRADE Strategic challenge Key threats
To understand, expose and resist trade deals that are vehicles for privatization
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) Canada-EU SPP (Security and Prosperity Partnership) TILMA (Trade Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement)/AIT (Agreement on Internal Trade) MAI (Multi-Lateral Agreement on Investment OQEPA (ON/QC Economic Partnership Agreement)
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