Documentary Research
Cited academic research
- Selling Saskatchewan: A Decade of Privatization, 2007-2017. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - Saskatchewan. February 2018. Retrieved from: policyalternatives.ca
- “A Partnership in Name Only: How the public sector subsidizes the P3 model,” Simon Enoch. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - Saskatchewan. February 2018. Retrieved from: policyalternatives.ca
- “Following Failure: Saskatchewan government seems doomed to repeat the P3 mistakes of other provinces.” Simon Enoch & Cheryl Stadnichuk. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - Saskatchewan. June 2015. Retrieved from: policyalternatives.ca
- Do Private Clinics or Expedited Fees Reduce Disability Duration for Injured Workers Following Knee Surgery? Mieke Koehoorn et al. Healthcare Policy, Vol. 7. No. 1, 2011.
- Global database of de-privatised public services. Transnational Institute. Public Futures, 2021. Retrieved from: publicfutures.org
- The Future is Public: Towards Democratic Ownership of Public Services. Kishimoto, Satoko, Lavinia Steinfort and Olivier Petitjean (Eds). Transnational Institute, 2020.
- “Cutting the Lifeline: Shuttering the Saskatchewan Transportation Company” in Divided: populism, polarization & power in the new Saskatchewan, Cindy Hanson & JoAnn Jaffe, , Fernwood Publishing, Black Point, Nova Scotia, 2021.
- "Politics, transportation, and the people’s health: a socio-political autopsy of the demise of a 70-year-old bus company," Critical Public Health, March 2021, DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2021.1905152
- "'It feels like somebody cut my legs off': Austerity, transportation and the 'web of dispossession' in Saskatchewan, Canada." Alhassan JAK, Abonyi S, Neudorf C, Hanson L. Soc Sci Med. 2021 Aug.
Further academic research:
- A Spapshot of the impact of growth of private surgery clinics in Alberta on patients and public member plans, Consumers Association of Canada. 2002.
- Assessing The Record Of Public-Private Partnerships: Proceedings of a CCPA – BC Public Forum. Edited by Sylvia Fuller. April 2003. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – BC office. Retrieved from: policyalternatives.ca
- First Do No Harm: Lessons from Ontario’s Experience with For-Profit Diagnostic and Hospital Clinics. Ontario Health Coalition. October, 2007. Retrieved from: ontariohealthcoalition.ca
- Battle of the Wages: Who gets paid more, public or private sector workers? Toby Sanger, December 2011. Canadian Union of Public Employees, Ottawa. Retrieved from: cupe.ca
- “Of Planning, Privatization, and Accountability.” Ellen Dannin. 2012. Planning & Environmental Law. Vol. 64, No. 9.
- The Decision to Contract Out: Understanding the Full Economic and Social Impacts. Daphne Greenwood. 2014. Colorado Center for Policy Studies: University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Retrieved from: inthepublicinterest.org
- Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Pain: The Privatization of Hospital Laundry Services in Saskatchewan. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Hugh Grant, Manish Pandey & James Townsend. January 20, 2015. Retrieved from: policyalternatives.ca
- “Evidence is in: privately funded health care doesn’t reduce wait times.” Dr. Vanessa Brcic. Policynote. Jun 14, 2015. Retrieved from: policynote.ca
- Ontario audit throws cold water on federal-provincial love affair with P3s. Toby Sanger. 2015. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Retrieved from: policyalternatives.ca
- Back in House: Why local governments are bringing services home. Beresford, Charley and Keith Reynolds. 2016. Columbia Institute. Retrieved from: cupe.ca
- Privatization Nation: The Canada-wide Failure of Privatization, Outsourcing and Public-Private Partnerships. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - Saskatchewan. November 2019. Retrieved from: policyalternatives.ca
- Crumbling Away: Saskatchewan’s Long-Term Residential Care Policy and Its Consequence. Dr. Susan Braedley, Tara McWhinney, Asia Barclay & Kiersten Jensen. Carleton University. December 2019. Retrieved from: cupe.ca
- Asking the right questions: A guide for municipalities considering P3s. Loxley, John and Salim Loxley. 2020. Canadian Union of Public Employees. Retrieved from: cupe.ca
- Is There Value in Value for Money Assessments? Testing the VfM Test in Western Canada. Simon Enoch. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - Saskatchewan. September 27, 2021. Retrieved from: policyalternatives.ca
News Articles
- “Two months after opening, Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford needs entire roof replacement,” Saskatoon StarPhoenix, May 22, 2019
- “Saskatchewan Hospital leaky roof shows P3s have big problems, too,” Regina Leader-Post, May 25, 2019
- “NDP asks government to audit Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford for 'failures',” CBC News, May 30, 2019
- “Province finds Saskatchewan Hospital's water undrinkable months after finding problems with roof,” Saskatoon StarPhoenix, October 25, 2019
- “Problems continue to plague Saskatchewan Hospital in North Battleford,” 650 CKOM, March 6, 2020
- “Saskatchewan's MRI wait-list doubled from 2015 to 2019.” CBC News. January 30, 2020.
- “Private MRI scans not reducing wait times: Sask. auditor.” Global News. June 6, 2017.
- “Doctors group: private MRIs are barrier to access.” CBC News. September 7, 2013.
- “'Without STC, I am in prison': People with disabilities press for return of Sask. bus company,” CBC News, May 10, 2018
- “Saskatchewan rural bus service a must for vulnerable people: B.C. First Nation,” CBC News, March 26, 2017
- “Disabilities group calls for STC return, accessible transit coming to certain Sask. routes,” Global News, May 10, 2018
- “Group says 'people will die' with loss of Crown bus company,” CBC News, May 12, 2017
- “Sask. made 'fundamental mistake' treating STC as business, not service: researcher.” CBC News, May 31, 2019.
- “U of S researcher says STC closure has had lasting health effects,” Saskatoon StarPhoenix,September 16, 2020
- “Alleged assault, neglect at Regina's Santa Maria care home,” CBC News, December 12, 2014
- “Coronavirus: Extendicare now hit with $200M class-action lawsuit over long-term care deaths,” Global News, January 13, 2021
- “'Disaster': Inside the Extendicare nursing home outbreak where 42 people died,” CBC News, August 12, 2021
- “'This was a tragedy': Extendicare was 'unprepared' for deadly COVID-19 outbreak at Regina care home, says Sask. Ombudsman,” CTV News Regina, August 5, 2021
PDFs
- Selling Saskatchewan: A decade of privatization 2007-2017
- The Wrong Track: A Decade of Privatization in Saskatchewan, 2004-2015
- Guide: Early warning signs of privatization in the workplace
- A Partnership in Name Only: How the Public Sector Subsidizes the P3 Model
- Battle of the Wages: Who gets paid more, public or private sector workers?
- Public Futures Database Report: 2021