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Fast Facts: Tax increment financing and True North Square
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press September 20, 2018 On Thursday September 20, Winnipeg City Council will vote on a motion to clear the…
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Fast Facts: Winnipeg-Where the buildings have no names and the streets have no crossings
Nearly forty years ago, in March 1979, Winnipeg city councillor Joe Zuken led a band of a dozen or so pedestrians in what is likely…
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Fast Facts: Searching for fairness in Manitoba’s Carbon Tax
Last month our office released a report authored by Harvey Stevens that found the federal carbon tax will reduce more greenhouse gases than the proposed…
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Fast Facts: Indigenous language revitalization and child care
Indigenous peoples have a troubled relationship with the systems that have been imposed by settler colonial populations. The imposition of education through the residential school…
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Fast Facts: Activist legacy at risk if pesticide ban reversed
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press September 8, 2018 I went to visit a friend and colleague recently – someone I hadn’t seen for…
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Hope on the horizon?
What the new federal poverty plan means for Manitoba The federal government released its national poverty reduction strategy “Opportunities for All” last month. The plan…
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Fast Facts: Municipalities must prepare for climate change
First published in the Winnipeg Sun September 8, 2018 In response to Jonathan Alward’s piece on municipal overspending, small business owners are not the only…
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Fast Facts: Manitoba’s Climate Plan Insufficient – New Report
At the Paris Climate Change meetings in late 2015, Canada committed to reducing green house gas (GHG) emissions by 30 per cent below 2005 levels…
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An Analysis of Manitoba’s Proposed Plan to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Manitoba Climate and Green Plan Download 526.41 KB 16 pages At the Paris Climate Change meetings in late 2015, Canada committed to reducing green house…
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Living in the City
Documenting the Lived Experiences of the Island Lake Anishininew People Download 943.76 KB19 pages For First Nations peoples living in rural and remote areas, accessing…
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Fast Facts: As wealthiest speed past the rest of us
Manitoba needs to fight income inequality First published on CBC online July 8th, 2018 A Ferrari cruises down Portage Avenue past people lining the streets…
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Provincial Support for CED in Manitoba
The Experience of CED Practitioners Download 756.92 KB 32 pages This is a study of the previous provincial government’s policy approach to Community Economic Development…
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