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Manitoba

COVID-19

Fast Facts: Under Cover of Covid, Beware Bill 44
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press June 22, 2020 On April 15th, after the province went into lockdown, the Conservatives tried to pass Bill…
June 22, 2020
National Office

COVID-19
Federal Budgets
News & Commentary

Remarks to the Finance Committee on banking and COVID-19
David Macdonald appeared as an expert witness before the federal Finance Committee June 18, to discuss banking and the government’s response to COVID-19. This is…
June 19, 2020
BC

Income & Wealth Inequality
News & Commentary
Tax Policy

A wealth tax on the super rich is within reach
If anything is clear in this pandemic, Canada needs a wealth tax on the super rich to rein in extreme inequality and contribute to crucial…
June 18, 2020
Manitoba

Indigenous Rights
Reports

Social Impact Bonds and the Financing of Child Welfare Revisited
Download 674.03 KB20 pages Social Impact Bonds are being used by governments to fund important initiatives to unify families and prevent child apprehensions. This paper…
June 18, 2020
BC

COVID-19
Health Care
Policy Note
Public Services & Privatization
Seniors & Long-Term Care

Under-regulated, under-researched and largely privatized: Assisted living seniors’ care in BC
COVID-19 has shone a light on serious problems in our seniors’ care system resulting from years of underfunding, privatization and precarious working conditions. These problems…
June 17, 2020
BC

News Release
Seniors & Long-Term Care

Study raises concerns about an under-regulated, under-researched and largely privatized assisted living sector in BC
VANCOUVER – While COVID-19 has focused attention on problems in long-term care, a new study raises concerns about assisted living and concludes it’s time for BC’s…
June 17, 2020
BC

Seniors & Long-Term Care

The Place of Assisted Living in BC’s Seniors Care System
Assessing the promise, reality and challenges Download 1.54 MB68 pages Under-regulated, under-researched and largely privatized is an apt description of British Columbia’s assisted living system…
June 17, 2020
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BC

Climate Change
Environment & Sustainability
Policy Note
Transparency & Accountability

Why has UBC divested from fossil fuels but UVic has not? The high cost of industry influence
The death and disruption wrought by COVID-19 is calamitous. The bad news is that climate change will be worse. It is easy to forget that…
June 16, 2020
Manitoba

Health Care
Income & Wealth Inequality

Fast Facts: Towards restarting disability supports in Manitoba in the COVID-19 Era
On March 18, Day Support Programs providing supports to persons with intellectual disabilities went in to critical service mode. The move to critical services meant…
June 16, 2020

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