Manitoba Office News Releases
WINNIPEG – Manitoba families are working harder but the vast majority is struggling to get ahead, says a study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).
The study, Stuck in Neutral,...
February 21, 2008 |
National Office, Manitoba Office WINNIPEG—Poverty, inadequate housing and lack of opportunity continue to provide immense challenges for inner-city residents. But community organizations are making a difference.
Using a...
January 15, 2008 |
Manitoba Office Saskatoon – According to a recent Centre for Policy Alternatives groundbreaking study on inner city community development, a unique form of ‘bottom up’ development in Saskatoon and Winnipeg has been...
January 14, 2008 |
Saskatchewan Office, Manitoba Office In October 2003, Dr. Jerry Buckland from Menno Simons College and a group of researchers examined the critical issue of fringe banking in North End Winnipeg. The original 229 page report was titled...
March 30, 2005 |
Manitoba Office Winnipeg— The Manitoba economy performed relatively well in 2004. But there are signs that 2005 will be a lacklustre year. A just released report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, The...
January 13, 2005 |
Manitoba Office Winnipeg -- Manitoba is facing a looming social deficit and public services are being seriously degraded. These are the central conclusions of The State of Public Services in Manitoba 2004 report,...
December 14, 2004 |
Manitoba Office The debate over Winnipeg mayor Glen Murray's proposed New Deal for Winnipeg is central to the City's future. His assertion that the services gap that Winnipeg currently faces is not sustainable, and...
March 9, 2004 |
Manitoba Office Cancer has become such an epidemic that 41% of Canadian males and nearly 38% of Canadian females will develop some form of the disease, and 27% of males and 23% of females will die from it.
While...
March 4, 2004 |
National Office, Manitoba Office Adult Learning Centres, which began to emerge in an unplanned way seven years ago, have become a powerful and effective new approach to education in Manitoba, particularly as regards Aboriginal...
June 25, 2003 |
Manitoba Office Winnipeg - The state of Manitoba's public services has improved slightly since they were gutted in the mid-1990s. But the recovery has been uneven, and it is threatened by the prospect of additional...
May 28, 2003 |
Manitoba Office Manitoba's NDP government has not reversed the neglect of the poorest, most vulnerable Manitobans that was begun under the Filmon government. Money that could have been used to increase equality in...
April 17, 2003 |
Manitoba Office (Winnipeg) Aboriginal high-school students want the education necessary to enable them to participate fully in Canadian society and in their own self-governance, but they do not want to abandon what...
December 11, 2002 |
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Winnipeg — While Canada’s cities are in crisis, housing co-operatives can be part of the solution, a report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Manitoba demonstrates. The...
October 31, 2002 |
Manitoba Office Winnipeg - Manitobans will lose public services they value if the government does not halt the erosion of its revenue base. The 2002-03 Alternative Provincial Budget, prepared by the Canadian Centre...
April 18, 2002 |
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