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Ontario Health Coalition |
REPORT |
P3 Corporations, Lobbying Activities and Donations to PC Party Ontario
Briefing Notes
Hugh Mackenzie - registered lobbyist with Borealis. Directed Ernie Eves’ leadership bid last year. Past president of the Conservative Party.
Leslie Noble - registered lobbyist with Aecon (not specifically for P3s). Also lobbyist for Royal Ottawa Health Group which drafted the bid terms and short-listed the bidders for the P3 hospital in Ottawa. Wrote 1995 Common Sense Revolution Election platform with Tony Clement. Campaign manager for Mike Harris in 1995 & 1999 elections. Co chair of Eves’ campaign readiness team.
1) Of all corporate donations in Ontario from 1995 - 2001, 78% went to the Provincial Conservative Party. We know that corporations don’t give equally to all parties.
2) When they got into government the Conservatives increased the amount that individuals and corporations can give to political parties. This benefits those parties that are funded by the most wealthy.
3) The health minister is leading the charge in Ontario towards P3s. Although he has claimed that he has nothing to do with the choice of bidders on the P3s, he has everything to do with the policy direction.
4) The health minister has yet to provide any evidence that P3s are faster, better, cheaper. In fact, their international record is the contrary. P3s have been seriously criticized by auditors general in Britain, Scotland, Nova Scotia, Australia, New Brunswick. Why then, would the Minister not consider options that are less risky? Why would the Minister not provide evidence that these contracts would be better than the disasterous P3 contracts around the world? Why would the Minister not try to ensure transparency and accountability through revealing the terms of the bidding and the names of the financiers for the Brampton P3 deal?
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Royal Ottawa Hospital For-Profit (P3) Hospital Short - Listed Bidders |
Contributions & Connections to Ernie Eves & Tony Clement |
Brampton William Osler Hospital For-Profit (P3) Hospital Short Listed Bidders that look similar to Ottawa consortia (note: the Brampton Hospital and the corporations will not release the names of the financial corporations bidding on the Brampton P3 deal) |
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Name of Consortium: Access Health Ottawa Corporations involved: ABM AMRO Bank PCL Constructors Canada Inc. Brookfield Lepage Johnson Controls Urbana Architects Corporation HOK Group Inc. |
Name of Consortium: Access Health Brad Nelson 905-803-4526 Corporations known: ABM Amsterdam Bank of the Netherlands PCL Constructors Canada Ltd.
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Name of Consortium: The Healthcare Infrastructure Co. of Canada Corporations involved: Borealis Infrastructure Management Co. Carillion Canada EllisDon Corporation Parkin Architects Ltd. Adamson Associates Architects |
Hugh Mackenzie - ran Ernie Eves’ leadership campaign, registered lobbyist with Borealis, his company Enterprise Canada Group donated $8,000 to Eves’ leadership campaign and $30,000 to the PC Party, past president of PC Party Ontario. Borealis donated $2,500 to Clement’s leadership bid and $4,927 to the PCs in 2001. Ellis Don - donated $2,500 to Eves’ and $1,400 Clements’ leadership campaigns and $80,237 to the Tories since 1995. |
Name of Consortium: Healthcare Infrastructure Company of Canada Graham Farley 416-233-5811 Corporations known: Borealis Infrastructure Management Carillon Canada Inc. Ellis Don Corp. |
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Name of Consortium: Ottawa Healthcare Group Corporations involved: Bank of Montreal Aecon SNC-Lavalin Sodexho Zeidler Grinnell Partnership Architects |
Bank of Montreal - donated $227,511 to the Ontario PC Party since 1995 (including donations through affiliates and two senior bank officials). Donated to both Eves’ and Clements’ leadership campaigns. SNC-Lavalin donated $3,590 to the PCs in 2001. Aecon donated $10,000 to Clement last spring (this compares to an average corporate donation for Clement’s campaign of $3,700). The two corporations that merged to form Aecon in 2001, Armbro Canada Inc and BFC Construction Corp. gave $127,568 and $48,235 respectively to the Tories since 1995. A lobbyist, Leslie Noble, registered to lobby for Aecon (though not specifically on the P3 issue) is also registered as a lobbyist for the Royal Ottawa Health Group which drafted the secret bid terms and short-listed the bidders. Ms. Noble helped Clement draft the Common Sense Revolution platform in 1995. |
Name of Consortium: Healthcare Alliance Group: Albert Sweetnam 416-252—5311 Corporations known: Aecon SNC Lavallin Sodexho Zeidler Grinnel Partnership Architects |
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This one appears not to have an Ottawa counterpart: Name of Consortium: Ontario Health Group Betty Feureau 905-361-6799 Corporations known: Ferrovial Agroman, S.A. Ledcor Construction Ltd. Buttcon Ltd. Salter Farrow Pilon Architects Inc. Smith Group Inc. Angus Consulting Management Ltd. Ferrovial Sercicios, S.A. |
For more information: Natalie Mehra 416-441-2502 or Dora Jeffries 905-452-7470
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