Quebec’s park management agency, the Société des établissements de plein air du Québec, operates its own system
Is Québec really the only government in Canada that made the right choice? Maybe they should offer to run things for Parks Canada too, if the federal government has fallen so far into neoliberal neglect that it’s incapable of doing it on their own.
I assumed it’s because the crown corp running the park system was a huge cost to the government, which would come under fire in other provinces. But from Sépaq’s 2025 financial statment (PDF, in french) their income was $261.8 million and their expenses were $261.3 million giving them a profit of $459,000 which they say they reinvest into parks. Even small government advocates would have a hard time arguing this crown corp should be privatized.
Given the government of Quebec’s recent upgrade of their driver’s license website, costing $1.1 billion, with a similar amount expected for their upgraded health services portal, I’m not sure we can define that as the right choice.
Is Québec really the only government in Canada that made the right choice? Maybe they should offer to run things for Parks Canada too, if the federal government has fallen so far into neoliberal neglect that it’s incapable of doing it on their own.
I assumed it’s because the crown corp running the park system was a huge cost to the government, which would come under fire in other provinces. But from Sépaq’s 2025 financial statment (PDF, in french) their income was $261.8 million and their expenses were $261.3 million giving them a profit of $459,000 which they say they reinvest into parks. Even small government advocates would have a hard time arguing this crown corp should be privatized.
Eh, BC rail was profitable, it still got privatised. And the corrupt government that broke a promise to sell it was re elected.
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2011/12/27/BCRail/
Given the government of Quebec’s recent upgrade of their driver’s license website, costing $1.1 billion, with a similar amount expected for their upgraded health services portal, I’m not sure we can define that as the right choice.
Hipcamp is pretty good for private and off the grid camping too. I’ve been using it more and finding great spots.