Strangely enough, I will continue in the same vein with Mr. Sanger.
In your brief, you said that privatization compromises those shared values in communities. Subcontracting and public-private partnerships are risky and expensive for municipalities and Canadians. Costs increase, quality decreases and local management is weakened. Services are less accessible and project time frames continue to increase. Public funds are diverted from essential services to the benefit of large corporations.
Moreover, my colleagues, several MPs and business people often repeat that PPPs are a great way to help the government save money and share the risk. However, you are basically telling us that this is not the case. It seems a bit counterintuitive. Do you have anything else to bring to our attention?
Ontario's example was striking, but do you have other examples to explain why it may seem that PPPs help governments, while they actually negatively impact the ability to provide services at a lower cost?