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December 19, 2023

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  • Labour Matters

    Media Advisory: Release of Living Wage 2023 Update on December 12th at 10:30 am

    For Immediate Release (Winnipeg, Treaty One): The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Manitoba office will be releasing the updated calculation of the Living Wage for…

    December 8, 2023
  • Palestine flag on building

    Cease fire is Prudent

    About the authorSteve Rauh

    December 7, 2023
  • Sectoral bargaining for child care workers would help fix staffing shortages

    If governments want to increase child care availability, they should make changes that make it easier and more effective to unionize the sector

    December 5, 2023
  • Growing toll of COVID-19 on hospitals & population health should concern us

    New data from Statistics Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) paint a troubling picture of the growing toll of COVID-19 on population…

    December 5, 2023
  • Real estate for sale sign in residential neighborhood, New Jersey, USA

    Selling Saskatchewan

    About the authorSimon EnochSimon Enoch is the senior researcher for Saskatchewan issues and policies. He holds a BA in Political Science, a Masters in Labour…

    December 5, 2023
  • Think Upstream

    Towards an equity-centered political economy

    We live in an age of “polycrisis”, which lies at the intersection of a failure to prioritize social and ecological determinants of health, including their…

    December 4, 2023
  • Beyond Recovery

    It’s time for the Canada Disability Benefit

    On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, it’s past time to lift people with disabilities out of poverty

    December 1, 2023
  • Federal crackdown on illegal short-term rentals is good, but not good enough

    If the feds are serious about tackling non-compliant Airbnb-type rentals, they should go after the platforms, not just the users

    December 1, 2023
  • Legislative Assembly of Ontario at Queens Park on a clear Summer day, Toronto.

    New CCPA report calls for doubling of provincial funding to Ontario universities

    TORONTO — The government of Ontario should double its funding to public universities in the province, a new report from the Ontario office of the Canadian…

    November 30, 2023
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    Education Project

    Back from the brink

    Over the last three decades, no province in Canada has moved more aggressively, or more consistently, to cut public funding to universities than Ontario. Ontario’s…

    November 30, 2023
  • Manitoba Research Alliance

    An Interview with Ricardo Tranjan, author of The Tenant Class

    About the authorAmanda Emms

    November 30, 2023
  • Child Care Coalition of Manitoba Press Release Nov 30, 2023

    Manitoba far from meeting its child care promises

    November 30, 2023
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