Back in House: Why local governments are bringing services home
Submitted by columbiainstitute on Mon, 09/19/2016 - 14:57
Columbia Institute's Centre for Civic Governance's latest report, "Back in House: Why local governments are bringing services home," says that across Canada and around the world public services that were once outsourced are now finding their way back in-house to municipalities, mainly because using in-house services saves money. Simply put: Privatizing services hasn’t delivered the benefits that were promised.
Here is what people are saying...
- “Back in House” debunks the myth that it’s cheaper to contract out public services in order to save money and produce a better product,” says Charley Beresford, Executive Director of the Columbia Institute.
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"In several boroughs of Montreal we've noticed that we've been able to increase productivity, add flexibility to our projects and even improve on quality. Also, for every project we do in-house, and not in the private sector, we reduce chances of collusion and corruption amongst bidders," says Craig Sauve, City Councillor of Montreal.
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