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Province can tackle fossil-flation with local clean energy
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press February 24, 2023 With the price of gas, groceries, utilities, mortgages and rent all up, Manitobans are…
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The 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) ended last November with an historic agreement to establish a “loss and damages” fund to address the impacts…
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Fast Facts: Whose Freedom?
The Convoy that took over Ottawa for a month last year just met outside Winnipeg this past weekend. While the right to protest is an…
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Housing policy has a democracy problem. Amid a housing crisis, highly unrepresentative public hearing processes contribute to land-use decisions that fail to reflect the perspectives…
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Does Canada’s Sustainable Jobs Plan deliver on the promise of a just transition?
The interim Sustainable Jobs Plan is a solid framework for advancing a workforce development agenda, but there are important sticking points.
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Big challenges and opportunities for the BC budget
British Columbia is facing big social and environmental challenges ahead of Budget 2023: sky high rents, health care under enormous strain, a toxic drugs crisis,…
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No strings attached
As emergency rooms are overwhelmed, surgery wait times continue to lengthen, and under-resourced childrens’ hospitals face surges related to viral infections like COVID, the provincial…
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