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Anti-Privatization Resources

General

Alberta Union of Provincial Employees Anti-Privatization Committee website
http://www.aupecommittees.org/antiprivatization_home/default.aspx

Anti-Privatization DVD (includes President's Message and Keep it Public video)
(video also available on YouTube in three parts:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrvQjh8UTFA )

Alberta Union of Provincial Employees
Report from the “Not for Sale: Promoting Public Solutions in Today's Alberta” Conference
Public Interest Alberta; 2008.
available in PDF format: http://www.pialberta.org/content_pdf/2008_conference

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.
Naomi Klein; 2007; Knopf Canada; ISBN 978-0-6769-7801-8.

A time to reap: Re-investing in Alberta's Public Services
Parkland Institute; 2004; ISBN 1-894949-04-8
available in PDF format: http://www.ualberta.ca/~parkland/research/studies/Budget04.pdf

Education

Contracting out custodial services destabilizes Edmonton's Public Schools.
Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 474; 1997.

Heath Care

Profit is Not the Cure website: http://profitisnotthecure.ca/
The Council of Canadians

Public solutions for a public system
The Council of Canadians; 2007.

Public Remedies, Not Private Payments: Quality Health Care in Alberta
Tammy Horne and Susan Abells; Parkland Institute; 2004; ISBN 1-894949-05-6
available in PDF format: http://www.ualberta.ca/~parkland/research/studies/health.pdf

Public Bodies, Private Parts: Surgical Contracts and Conflict of Interest at the Calgary Regional
Health Authority
Gillian Steward; The Parkland Institute; 2001

Utilities

Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water
Maude Barlow; 2007; McClelland & Stewart; ISBN 978-0-7710-1072-9.

Dead in the Water
51 minute DVD available from the National Film Board of Canada

EPCOR: A Study of Ownership, Accountability and Public Interest
Parkland Institute; 2005; ISBN 1-894949-07-2
available in PDF format: http://www.ualberta.ca/~parkland/research/studies/Epcor2005.pdf

The British Columbia Advantage: Lessons from Alberta on the De-regulation of the Electricity Industry
Rick Wallace; Parkland Institute; 2001.
available in PDF format: http://www.ualberta.ca/~parkland/research/studies/BC%20advantage.pdf

Aftershock: The Open and Shut Case Against Privatizing EPCOR
Kevin Taft and Myron Gordon; Parkland Institute; 1999.

Transportation

Unaccountable: The Case of Highway Maintenance Privatization in Alberta
Lisa Prescott; Parkland Institute; 2003

Regulatory Services

Sobering Result: The Alberta Liquor Retailing Industry Ten Years after Privatization
Greg Flanagan; Parkland Institute; 2003; ISBN 0-88627-338-2
available in PDF format: http://www.ualberta.ca/~parkland/research/studies/sobering-result-final.pdf

Municipal Services

Public-Private Partnerships (P3s) and Municipalities: Beyond Principles, a Brief Overview of
Practices
Pierre J. Hamel; INRS-Urbanisation, Culture et Société; produced at the request of the Federation of
Canadian Municipalities; 2007; ISBN 978-2-89575-126-7
available in PDF format: http://www.fcm.ca/CMFiles/p3%20report%2008_31_07a1ubj-392008-
7472.pdf

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