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The widening gap: Gender segregation and job polarization in the post-pandemic labour market
The post-pandemic recovery opened the door to better jobs for some female workers but the wages and working conditions of low-waged workers remain unchanged
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Indigenizing the Co-operative Model
Download 1.44 MB84 pages This paper explores how Indigenous cultures and the co-operative can be molded together to create a model that is reflective of…
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Federal intervention crucial to review process
In late August, What The Frack Manitoba, along with Brokenhead Ojibway Nation and the Manitoba Metis Federation, submitted formal requests to the federal minister of…
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Ontario’s plan to deregulate child care is a bad movie that parents have seen – and rejected – before
Parents, children and the child care sector are facing an extraordinary crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. So you might reasonably hope that the…
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KPMG sends Manitoba Housing down a dead end
Learning the Wrong Lessons from Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand Attachments KPMG Summary.pdf About the authorDoug Smith
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KPMG sends Manitoba Housing down a dead end
The Manitoba government is relying on KPMG consulting firm’s research to guide housing policy. A new report “KPMG sends Manitoba Housing down a dead end:…
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In the early days of the current BC election campaign child care took centre stage when NDP leader John Horgan recommitted his party to fully…
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Work Life: The October 7, 2020 Speech from the Throne
CCPA-MB response The five commitments made by the provincial government show that Manitobans can expect more austerity in the coming months. The five commitments are:…
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Creeping privatization is not the fix to auto insurance in BC
As part of BC’s election campaign, the BC Liberal party pledged this week to move away from universal public auto insurance by opening up basic…
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Losing sight at Site C
Court documents and FOI materials show BC Hydro knew shale would move at troubled construction project, yet Hydro proceeded with river diversion BC Hydro approved…
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A Disability Inclusion Plan. Finally … but will it deliver?
About the authorKatherine ScottKatherine serves as the director for the CCPA’s gender equality and public policy work. She has worked in the community sector as…
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Work Life: Waiting for the Brad Wall Inquiry Report
In October 2019 the provincial government announced that former Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall would take over as commissioner of an inquiry into Manitoba Hydro’s Bipole…
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The meaning of the third of November to the Negro
Photo credit: Lorie Shall, Flickr Creative Commons I started writing this column on September 18 as my social media feed filled with posts about National…
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