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Tackling Today’s Polycrisis: Beyond a Balanced Budget in Manitoba
Thursday Feb 5th 11:30 – 1:00 pm Union Centre, 275 Broadway, Winnipeg
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A Higher Standard
Setting federal standards in long-term care and continuing care Download 147.73 KB 10 pages The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical importance of federal government leadership…
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Transgender Day of Remembrance: Don’t just grieve, get to work
About the authorRóisín WestRóisín (they/she) is the Senior Editor of the Monitor and Behind the Numbers. They write about disability and accessibility, civic engagement, and…
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Crisis? What crisis? One of Canada’s largest landlords is having a profitable 2020
At the onset of the pandemic, the financial security of tenants quickly became a widespread concern. As the fear of an avalanche of evictions grew, “Keep Your…
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Federal net-zero legislation is much ado about nothing
About the authorHadrian Mertins-KirkwoodHadrian Mertins-Kirkwood (he/him) is a senior researcher and political economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. His work focuses on federal…
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Concentration Matters
Farmland Inequality on the Prairies Download 1.29 MB32 pages On the Canadian prairies, small and medium-sized family farms are often portrayed as the primary food…
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Time to mobilize like we mean it
Lessons from the Second World War for the climate emergency Even before the arrival of COVID-19, the history of the Second World War was making…
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Fast Facts: Capital interests – health and education in Manitoba during COVID
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press November 12, 2020 The Constitution of Canada identifies health care and education as primary responsibilities of provincial governments.…
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Five ways the Biden presidency could change Canadian climate policy for the better
Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood is a senior researcher on international trade and climate policy for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Follow Hadrian on Twitter @hadrianmk. About…
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Why Doug Ford’s COVID-19 balancing act won’t save small business
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s desire to keep small businesses afloat and the economy open through the pandemic – even as COVID-19 cases soar – is evident…
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What Would They Do With the Surplus?
This report tallies the four parties’ own estimates of their campaign promises to cut taxes, repay the debt, and inrease spending. The costs of these…
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Fast Facts: Shirley Lord: Activist, Mentor and Organizer
A lot of important work gets done by extraordinary people who never appear in the spotlight. Such people might be fundraising for political candidates and…
