Mowed Down: Dismantling the Canadian Wheat Board. Who will Really Reap the Rewards?
Here They Go Again! Negotiating Federal Transfers to the Provinces
An Examination of the Public Sector Wage Premium in Canada
This NUPGE study reviews a recent report by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). It concludes that the CFIB report, which examines the wage difference between public and private sector employees is inaccurate, inept, misleading and biased.
Making Public Services a Priority: How Canada can beat tough times
This NUPGE document outlines how the public sector plays a critical role in stabilizing our economy and supporting vulnerable families.
Canada's Equalization Program
Flawed, Failed, Abandoned: 100 P3s
As governments across the country make plans to privatize hospitals, roads and schools under controversial Public Private Partnerships (P3s), NUPGE and other citizens' organizations have issued a warning that the projects run the risk of being billion-dollar failures. This report, released by NUPGE and coalition partners across Canada, outlines 100 flawed, failed or abandoned P3 infrastructure projects.
The Internet: Accessibility & Net Neutrality
Net Neutrality and Digital Democracy
Financing Canada's Hospitals: Public Alternatives to P3s
This report outlines the genesis of the current backlog in hospital construction across the country and the history of hospital finance in Canada. It contains 17 recommendations that federal and provincial governments can use as alternatives to Public Private Partnerships (P3s) to rebuild the nation's hospitals and keep them public.
Public Private Partnerships: what they are and why they're a bad idea
This leaflet explains why Public Private Partnerships threaten the integrity and viability of public services. It also urges Canadians to join our campaign to expose the latest privatization scheme quietly bubbling along across Canada.
Nobody Does It Better
This booklet provides solid arguments promoting the value and logic of Canada's public services. It examines the myths behind privatization and exposes their lack of credibility. The manual also provides a number of suggestions for actions that union members can take to promote and protect quality public services.
Easy Targets
The basic theme of this popular booklet centers around the value that public services play as part of the Canadian economy. The premise of the publication is that Canada's economy is like a twin-engine plane; one engine is the private sector and the other is the public sector. Both engines must be working together in order for the plane [economy] to fly properly.
Buy Now, Pay Later!
An analysis of the Private Funding Initiative: the newest form of privatization in the United Kingdom.
