Fryers Privatization Nightmare Questioned by Canadian Thinker
John Fryer of the National Union of Provincial Government Employees is urged to consider a Michigan town's privatization example. Louis Schimmel Jr privatized municipal services, shrinking the deficit from 6 million to 1 million, with the Mackinac Center praising efficiency and lower taxes. The piece argues governments should weigh privatization's impact on public services and unions.
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John Barnes
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BC Update Minimum Wage and Industrial Developments
The BC minimum wage will rise to five dollars an hour by spring next year with 25 cent increases on October 1 and April 1 1990, while under 18 wage rates also climb. The report covers small business loans totaling 1.6 million, a 25 million hospital expansion in Kelowna, 750 short term jobs from a 5 million forestry program, a 5 million chopstick plant in Prince George, Robson Square courthouse renovations worth 13.2 million, 24 million venture capital injections, and tourism training center funding. Building permits in BC rose 42.3 percent in 1988 to 4.1 billion, the largest provincial increase in Canada.
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