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Taxing the rich: What’s on the table in the 2026 B.C. election?
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The Solution is More Housing
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press October 11, 2023 There is a growing interest among politicians — including Winnipeg’s Mayor and those from Manitoba’s NDP…
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We Need to Talk About Social Housing for Seniors
Although the housing crisis is increasingly becoming a federal political issue, it is getting very little attention in our provincial election. The Right to Housing…
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Health care dominates first post-pandemic Manitoba election
October 3rd will mark Manitoba’s first provincial election since the COVID pandemic and health care is the leading central campaign issue. In the annual Manitoba…
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Tax cut policies stall affordable housing action
Previouly published in the Winnipeg Free Press September 26, 2023 This month the Right to Housing Coalition released a Social Housing Action Plan for Manitoba,…
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Still in recovery: Assessing the pandemic’s impact on women
If we’re going to close the gender gap, we need government action
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The delusion of austerity: Manitoba’s public service
Previously published in the Brandon Sun, Thursday September 21, 2023 The public service in Manitoba matters to our collective well-being. While frontline public servants are…
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Still in recovery: Assessing the pandemic’s impact on women
If we’re going to close the gender gap, we need government action
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A Social Housing Action Plan for Manitoba
The Right to Housing Coalition has put forward a social housing action plan for Manitoba that pulls together solutions based on decades of research and…
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For Whom the Bell Tolls:
The Privatization of Manitoba Telecom Services and its Impacts Download 842.47 KB72 pages The world of telecommunications has continued to undergo “a sea-change into something…
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The Transition to Adulthood for Young Adults with Disabilities in Manitoba: A “Winding Up-Hill Road”
Download 1.04 MB28 pages The Transition from school to adult life is often a stressful period as young adults face a multitude of changes and…
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Tired of Waiting: Rectifying Manitoba’s Pay Gap
Download 888.36 KB64 pages Pay discrimination and inequality persist in Manitoba, with women earning on average 71 per cent of what men earn. Pay inequity…
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Submission to Law Amendments on BILL NO. 262: Interim Residential Rental Increase Cap Act
Submitted April 3rd, 2023, by Catherine Leviten-Reid and Christine Saulnier Download 296.86 KB4 pages Before the emergency pandemic cap and temporary extensions, Nova Scotia had…
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What would happen if B.C. scrapped public auto insurance?
In British Columbia’s election, public auto insurance is in the crosshairs. How does the system work—and compare to other provinces?
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Back to Blakeney: Keeping oil industry super-profits in Saskatchewan
The province has implemented excess profits taxes on the oil industry before. With no end in sight to the Iran war, it…
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Students and rising tuition in Manitoba
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press on September 23, 2026.
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Doing more with less: 10 facts about school funding in Ontario
The numbers show that schools and educators in Ontario are being asked to do more with less, and students are paying the…
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Building our budget together? The limits of Nova Scotia’s “consultation”
Surely listening to the public in advance of the budget would be a good idea?
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Leave the patchwork for the quilts: The case for national pharmacare
FEBRUARY 2, 2015 The Canadian Health Coalition (CHC) was founded in 1979 as a public advocacy organization dedicated to the preservation and…
