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BC

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BC Commentary: A review of provincial social, economic and environmental trends
Spring 2016, Volume 19, Number 2 Download 1.39 MB8 pages Inside this issue: Time to do away with MSP, by Iglika Ivanova Yes, let’s lower…
April 11, 2016
Manitoba

Child Care
Children & Youth
News & Commentary

UNSPUN: Childcare and the Manitoba Election
Childcare is a surprisingly important election issue. It figured prominently in the 2015 federal election, and is playing a role in the 2016 Manitoba provincial…
April 7, 2016
Manitoba

Education
News & Commentary

UNSPUN: Ask them about Manitoba’s Poorly Housed
What are provincial politicians going to do about poorly housed Manitobans? One third of Manitoba renters live in core housing need, meaning they spend over…
April 6, 2016
National Office

Indigenous Rights

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Federal Budget 2016 + Reconciliation Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was completed in December 2015. Indigenous activist Clayton Thomas-Muller joins us to discuss reconciliation…
April 5, 2016
Manitoba

Education

UNSPUN: Student Issues are Election Issues
Lazy, entitled, apathetic, disengaged, these are just some of the words that are used to mis-categorize and label post-secondary students. The reality of the average…
April 5, 2016
Ontario

Minimum Wage
News & Commentary

Ontario’s $15 minimum wage campaign just got a boost
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April 4, 2016
National Office

Making Sense of the TPP
“Making Sense of the TPP,” a public event in Ottawa on April 1, 2016, featured presentations from Dr. Joseph Stiglitz, Scott Sinclair (CCPA), Megan Sali…
April 1, 2016
Manitoba

Federal Budgets
Manitoba
News & Commentary

Fast Fasts: Federal Budget provides opportunities for social housing in Manitoba
Budget 2016 provides some welcome news for nearly 600,000 Canadian families who depend on social housing. The budget allocates $2.3 billion dollars over two years…
April 1, 2016
Manitoba

Income & Wealth Inequality
Indigenous Rights
Infrastructure, Cities & Transit

UNSPUN: Poverty Policy Choices and Winnipeg’s Inner City
Provincial government policy can be designed to punish those in poverty, or to reduce poverty. Both approaches have been tried in Manitoba, the first in…
March 31, 2016

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