Preacher wrote on Nov 5^th, 2010 at 5:51pm:

I OntParks needs to stop this 3rd party business.  If a 3rd party can make a business out of taking reservations, then OntParks can do the same and make use of the profit.

Not necesarily: if they do it themselves, they have to hire people from the Ontario Government Employees Union (or whatever it's called). A third-party contractor can often do it without paying the high wages and inflated benefits. Sort of similar to Canada Post's outsourcing program.

Many people have found that contractors work a lot harder than employees too (even non-union ones). Maybe the fact that the link between contractor payment and client savings is so much more visible has something to do with it.

(Full disclosure: yes, I am a contractor, though in a totally different area of business)