The Clear Choice

This article outlines key challenges and opportunities facing governments in water management. Policies that address water, essential to life, must address the question: ‘who benefits?’ Choices made by past governments have led to the current state of Canada’s water infrastructure. We share the experiences of a number of American cities and take a closer look at the experience of privatization as it played out in the city of Hamilton, Ontario through a public private partnership (P3). A range of public financing alternatives is offered.

By Paul Moist, President, Canadian Union of Public Employees