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CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RADIO: OTTAWA

2007-0111

Sound

2 of 2

2002

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

producer/interviewer, Bob Carty

Interview with Peter Spillett, Head of the Environment, Quality and Sustainability for the British company RWE Thames Water. Subjects discussed include: the history of Thames Water; RWE Thames Water’s interest in the U.S. water market; RWE Thames Water’s presence in France; the value of privatization for the British customer; the British and French governments' support for corporate expansion overseas; RWE Thames Water’s interests in various countries; RWE Thames Water’s presence in the U.S.; public-private partnerships and The Clean Water Act; RWE Thames Water’s view of the Canadian market; water as a low risk stock; pros and cons of public versus private control; water as a right or a commodity; resistance to privatization; The British model as applicable to other countries; RWE Thames Water’s relationship with the World Bank; and Vivendi, the World Bank and South Africa. <66mn>

English

232~233

Open

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Under copyright.

Copyright owner: CBC, 2002.

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