9 privately-run ServiceOntario locations moving to Staples stores, province says (www.cbc.ca)

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Six locations will open by Feb. 1, with three additional outlets expected in Staples within the coming months.

The first six locations are:

Oakville, 2460 Winston Churchill Blvd.
Newmarket, 17810 Yonge St.
Toronto, 180 Eglinton Ave. E.
Strathroy, 425 Caradoc St. S.
Tillsonburg, Tillsonburg Town Centre, 200 Broadway St.
Welland, Seaway Mall, 800 Niagara St.

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[-] Cobrachickenwing@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

This is privatization as this is straight up franchising government service. Once something is privatized it will never come back to the public domain.

Just as an example, Drive test, never under government control once franchised under the previous PC government.

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