NB Health Coalition Rallies Against Privatization
The Coalition says privatization will create an even bigger worker shortage in the public system.
The Coalition says privatization will create an even bigger worker shortage in the public system.
Opinion: It will take a lot of brave ideas, tough decisions, and creative thinking to get us out of our healthcare crisis. Instead, our leaders appear ready to take the easy way out, throw up their hands, and dump the problem on the private sector. Not only is that a short-sighted solution, it’s a cowardly one.
To this day, the decision to privatize Nova Scotia Power in the early 1990s is a very controversial one across the province. Former CEO Louis Comeau reflects on the sale and whether or not he still believes it was the right choice.
The N.B. government needs to give the private sector a larger role in growing a retail sector that creates more economic opportunities for local companies and better serves the needs of consumers, much like they have in the alcohol industry.
Cannabis NB will not be sold to a single private operator after all.
The Cities of New Brunswick Association says a profitable, publically owned retail network may be best positioned to help the sector grow in the province.
National grocery retailer Loblaws, which operates the Atlantic Superstores, and Ontario-based cannabis producer Canopy Growth are two of the eight organizations and committees who have submitted bids.
The province has issued a request for proposals to find a single operator in the private sector to take over the 20 cannabis retail stores.