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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
I feel bad asking (and please feel free to just say "no" and ignore me Smile ) but can someone explain what any of this "P3" discussion means?  I really don't understand at all.  I think I get the basic jist that "Private-Public Partnership" means the Government is going to pay a private company to "Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Maintain" the system.  Basically saying "We give you money, you make it happen and operate as a company"... as opposed to them just doing it all themselves.  I get that sort of.  But like, what does this "concern" come from with regard to raising prices and all that jazz?  I thought that Grandlinq was getting a fixed amount of money, that is a very-well known number, from the Government...

Again, I'm sorry but I just have no clue how business or this P3 thing works at all. I can tell you in great detail how any aspect of the trains work mechanically (please ask!), but when it comes to how the logistics of a project actually works from a financial perspective I have no idea. Smile
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RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit - by Canard - 06-25-2015, 11:59 AM
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