Politics from North of the 49th Parallel
Construction Industry Held $750,000 Dinner for Liberal Leader
Published on February 10, 2004 By IanGillespie In Politics

This part from MP John McKay, Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of Finance with special emphasis on Public-Private Partnerships:

"There are many situations where the government knows of problems which require action, especially in the area of large infrastructure projects, but would have difficulty funding the high costs involved without raising taxes."

And then this part from an Ottawa Citizen story quoted by Warren Kinsella:

"The federal government's top public servants are preparing the groundwork for a strong push toward privatization of federal activity."

"The initiative will begin with Ottawa's $3-billion infrastructure fund, but could eventually include replacing administrative work in the public service with private call centres, said Liberal MP John McKay, the Prime Minister's point man on public-private partnerships."

And then this part from Indymedia:

"[Martin received] $750,000 at an event earlier this fall in Toronto that assembled some of the region's biggest players in the construction industry who paid $10,000 a table or $1,500 a head."


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