Say neigh: Trojan horse used to show public-private partnerships no gift
CBC News | Posted: July 11, 2017 3:36 PM | Last Updated: July 11, 2017
The 15-foot replica horse being taken on province-wide tour by CUPE this summer
A union is touring a 15-foot replica Trojan horse around St. John's Tuesday to highlight what it calls the pitfalls of public-private partnerships.
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) marched with the wooden horse from the Glenbrook Lodge on Torbay Road to St. Pat's Mercy Home on Elizabeth Avenue, starting at noon.
A CUPE banner on the Trojan horse reads, "P3s the Trojan horse of Liberal Health Care."
The wooden horse was created in response to the Liberal government's plans to build two new health facilities in Corner Brook, using the P3 — public-private partnership — model.
"P3s always wind up costing more money down the road, putting jobs and services in jeopardy," CUPE president Wayne Lucas said in a press release.
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CUPE will take the Trojan horse on a provincial tour through the summer in an attempt to spread the word on what it calls inevitable job losses and lower standards.