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L’annulation des loyers : un débat incontournable
Face à la dette locative, quelle sera la réponse des pouvoirs publics ? C’est un débat que nous devons engager dès maintenant. Au cours des…
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Fast Facts: Now, more than ever, we need Rent Assist helping Manitobans
Rent Assist is a made-in-Manitoba solution to housing need: a province-wide rent supplement program that helps lower-income renters in the private market to afford housing…
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COVID-19: Misinformation on steroids
Tim Caulfield doesn’t believe in magical thinking, hoaxes and medical fakery. To back that up he’s written books like, Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything…
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Long-term funding for domestic violence programs will have lasting impact beyond the pandemic, say experts
COVID-19 has plunged Canada into a state of uncertainty and fear, as people question their ability to pay rent and provide for their families during…
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Without new rules, COVID-19 will mean windfall profits for payday lenders: CCPA report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA— Canada’s payday loan companies will see windfall profits at the expense of low- and moderate-income people if…
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Work Life: Brought to the Brink by Recklessness… First thoughts on COVID-19
This piece is dedicated to Mark Golden (August 6, 1948 – April 9, 2020). Mark was a scholar of classics, teacher, life-long social justice advocate…
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Swimming with the sharks
Poverty, pandemics, and payday lenders Download 424.67 KB16 pages As COVID-19-related layoffs affect workers across the country, Canada’s payday loan companies will see windfall profits…
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Fast Facts: The Shock Doctrine Playing Out in Manitoba
Noted Canadian author and social activist Naomi Klein published The Shock Doctrine more than a decade ago. The book’s major thesis is that governments and…
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Women bearing the brunt of economic losses: One in five has been laid off or had hours cut
Women are at the forefront of the economic crisis as yesterday’s labour force report from Statistics Canada reveals.
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