How Public Became Private
Healthcare. Housing. Infrastructure. Energy. Telecom. The 30-year timeline of how public services became private profit.
30 Years of Transfer
1995–2000
Federal government cuts healthcare transfers (Chretien era). Provincial health systems begin chronic underfunding cycle. Corporate tax rate at 28%.
2000–2012
Corporate tax rate cut from 28% to 15%. Revenue gap creates structural deficits. REIT tax treatment incentivises institutional housing ownership.
Tax policy →
2006
Income trusts taxed — but REITs exempt. Housing becomes Canada's primary tax-advantaged investment vehicle. Institutional investors begin accumulating rental stock.
Housing financialization →
2015
Deschamps Report on military sexual misconduct. Operation Honour launched — becomes mechanism for leadership removal. Healthcare crisis deepens. 6.5 million without family doctor trajectory begins.
Military purge →
2016
Bill C-14: MAID legalised. Northern Gateway pipeline killed. 0 MAID deaths → the count begins.
Hansard record →
2017
Canada Infrastructure Bank created ($35B mandate). Energy East pipeline cancelled. Bread price-fixing conspiracy exposed. Schwab: "We penetrate the cabinets."
CIB → | WEF →
2019
SNC-Lavalin: Ethics Commissioner finds s.9 violation. Zero consequences. Norman charges stayed after 3 years. Carbon tax imposed.
SNC-Lavalin →
2020
COVID-19: national stockpile depleted. ArriveCAN deployed ($59M). WE Charity prorogation. Firearms OIC without Parliament. CMHC insures $500B+.
Pandemic audit →
2021
Bill C-7: MAID Track 2 — death NOT foreseeable. 3 CDS in 3 years begins. Private healthcare clinics expand across provinces.
MAID expansion →
2022
Emergencies Act invoked. 210+ accounts frozen. Ruled unreasonable 2 years later. Housing 8x income. Grocery profits hit record highs.
Emergencies Act →
2025
Carney becomes PM (Goldman→BoC→BoE→Brookfield→PM). Carbon tax removed. Defence spending increase pledged (US pressure). 76,475 MAID deaths confirmed. Federal debt $1.2T.
Carney →
2026
US tariffs escalate. MAID estimated at ~97,764. Government stops publishing count. Lobbying threshold lowered. TENET5 reaches 250 investigation pages.
Tariff impact →
The Direction Is Consistent
Corporate taxes: down. Public services: degraded. Private alternatives: expanded. Military: weakened. MAID: expanded. Housing: financialized. Debt: doubled. Oversight: zero enforcement.
30 years of consistent direction is not accident. It is architecture.
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