Re: Re: Brits want nationalisation of rail.

["Ken Hanly" <khanly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Was the Ottawa water supply privatised? Do you have a reference on this? Are
you thinking of the Walkerton Ontario ecoli debacle? This involved
privatisation of testing and cutbacks in government regulatory agencies and
that sort of thing but also incompetent local officials and hiring cheap but
incompetent people to save money.
      Cheers, Ken Hanly
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 9:26 PM
>Subject: [PEN-L:6494] Re: Brits want nationalisation of rail.


> Chris writes about the privatized British railroad system.  It makes me
think
> that we might do well to construct a web site with a catalog, short
> description and links to failures of privatization and deregulation.
Maybe
> one exists already.
>
> Someone could contribute about the problem with the Ottawa water supply,
> British railroads, California electricity deregulation, etc.
>
> I think that especially with the election of Bush and the prospects of a
> recession, we should have an easier time in making ourselves heard about
the
> problem markets.
>
> Chris Burford wrote:
>
> > The denationalised rail service in Britain continues to struggle over
the
> > Christmas period with widespread delays and unpredictable arrival times.
> >
> > Twice as many people blame the previous conservative government for the
> > mess as blame the present government.
> >
> > An ICM poll found a similar result to a year ago: 69% think the railways
> > should be renationalised as against only 23% who do not.
> >
> > New Labour may start to listen.
> >
> > Chris Burford
> >
> > London
>
> --
>
> Michael Perelman
> Economics Department
> California State University
> Chico, CA 95929
>
> Tel. 530-898-5321
> E-Mail michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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