Manitoba
Established in 1997, the CCPA in Manitoba investigates key challenges facing our province through quality, peer-reviewed, research, analysis and expertise.
Contact:
[email protected] / (204) 927-3200
301 – 583 Ellice Ave. Winnipeg, MB R3B 1Z7
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Sectoral bargaining could be key to fixing Manitoba’s—and Canada’s—labour market
Manitoba has an opportunity to address the low-wage, precarious work that has plagued Canadian workers for decades
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Manitoba Budget 2026
Focus on budget balance overshadows public service rebuild and support for low-income Manitobans in Budget 2026
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Vitals check: Restoring provincial health spending in Manitoba
Health care spending in Manitoba has increased substantially since 2023, but it will take more to recover from years of underfunding
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Achieving the right to housing: Lessons for Manitoba from Finland
You can’t have Housing First without having Housing First — but you need a whole lot more.
The latest research, analysis and commentary on issues that matter to you
manitoba Updates-
The post-secondary transition experiences of Indigenous and racialized students
CEDA Pathways graduates need more support in their post-secondary transition
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Manitoba housing needs and rental housing data 2025-26
This report provides extensive data to understand housing need and the affordability of rental housing in Manitoba for lower income households.
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Realizing potential: Reflections on policy responses to displaced persons in Manitoba
Supports available to newcomers under the special cohort-based initiatives for displaced Syrians, Afghans, and Ukrainians model what’s possible for Manitoba, and Canada.
Manitoba Alternative Budgets
The Manitoba office brings the best and brightest researchers, economists and community activists together around provincial or municipal election times to curate a fully costed budget and volume of policy and budgetary alternatives.
We’ve done the research, and a better way is possible.
Our publications are available to all at no cost. Please support the CCPA Manitoba and help make important research and ideas available to everyone.
Make a donation today.
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Winnipeg can (and should) buy local
When our public entities buy local, they create jobs, provide economic stability and improve responsiveness to the public. In this uncertain global climate, “buying local”…
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Mel Myers: For Manitoba’s unions
Mel Myers was for over three decades Manitoba’s most prominent union-side labour lawyer, and one of Canada’s very best.
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An important step for provincial child care
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press on May 4, 2026.
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Tackling Today’s Polycrisis: Beyond a Balanced Budget in Manitoba
Thursday Feb 5th 11:30 – 1:00 pm Union Centre, 275 Broadway, Winnipeg
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Oct 16 Brandon: Adult Basic Education in Western Manitoba – growing the benefits. Oct 23: report launch Winnipeg
Adult basic education is a highly effective program that can transform people’s lives. Research shows that it reduces poverty, promotes reconciliation and supports economic development.
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November 2 – Errol Black Chair Fundraising Brunch 2025
Keynote Speaker Peggy Nash, CCPA Executive Director Sunday November 2,
