Although this looks like “full-scale” privatization, it is in practice a hybrid arrangement for two reasons. First, the private companies still have public interest obligations; and secondly, they often retain much of the monopoly power that the public sector entity had and therefore continue to require government regulation.
Même si cet arrangement ressemble à une véritable privatisation, il s'agit en fait d'un système hybride, et ce, pour deux raisons. Premièrement, les sociétés privées concernées continuent d'avoir des obligations de service public.