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Funding peer support for mental health should be a key component of a national strategy
The federal government hasn’t fulfilled its promises on mental health. It should immediately scale up funding for peer support services
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Revitalizing the conditions of care in Manitoba
The outsized burden placed on continuing care workers by the pandemic has in many ways gotten heavier.
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Revitalizing the conditions of care in Manitoba
Manitoba experienced the tragic loss of over 700 residents in personal care homes due to COVID-19, resulting from some of the most severe outbreaks in…
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Justice for Im/Migrant Home Care Workers in Manitoba
Download 3.02 MB39 pages COVID-19’s impact on the home care sector has been devastating. Across Canada, it is well documented that workers and older people…
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A Made in Manitoba Crisis
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press July 15, 2023
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The Missing Piece in Health and Education
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press May 1, 2023 Although recent media coverage of our healthcare and education problems here in Manitoba has been…
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Why did Canada’s housing and dental benefits have such low take-up rates?
We need to do better at getting benefits to those who need them.
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A hit-and-miss budget: Canada’s 2023 federal budget moves on climate and dental—but avoids almost everything else
Investments in a clean economy, dental care, and a GST top-up stole the show; many other needed investments have gone missing.
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Sask. Budget 2023: One weird trick to underfund public services
Faced with a crisis in health care and underfunded schools, the government of Saskatchewan is using its huge surplus to pay down the deficit.
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Budget 2023/24 Does not Make Up for Seven Years of Health Care Cuts and Privatization
Manitoba health care is at a crossroads. From emergency care to home care, the entire system is at a breaking point caused by Pallister-era decisions…
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Manitoba Government Ignores Evidence For Supervised Consumption Sites
For years, Manitoba’s network of community organizations and public health and harm reduction experts have made the case for the introduction of supervised consumption sites…
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Canada’s cosy relationship with the pharmaceutical industry has a long history
News of government cooperation with the industry isn’t a surprise; it’s been going on for decades.
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