Contracting out the city’s public golf courses to the private sector in an attempt to recoup financial losses wouldn’t necessarily be the hole-in-one some are looking for, according to a city report.
Critics such as the Canadian Taxpayers Federation have called on the city to sell off municipal golf courses after a Freedom of Information request by the group showed the six courses lost a combined $2 million between 2015 and 2017. The only city-run golf course to turn a profit each year was Shaganappi Point, which earned a positive return between $261,336 and $470,821 over the three years.
Some on council have proposed looking to private vendors to trim greens at civic golf courses as well as other maintenance operations currently performed by unionized employees.
