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Background Report This is a background companion report featuring a literature review of: Communities are Partners: Workers Occupational Health and Safety Rights with Newcomers by…

Workers’ Occupational Health and Safety Rights with Newcomers Download 5.08 MB56 pages For the past 20 years, newcomer and migrant workers in Manitoba have learned…

First published in the Winnipeg Free Press October 19, 2020 Can you imagine your grandma deciding that sleeping outside is safer than in a shelter?…

Download 1.44 MB84 pages This paper explores how Indigenous cultures and the co-operative can be molded together to create a model that is reflective of…

In late August, What The Frack Manitoba, along with Brokenhead Ojibway Nation and the Manitoba Metis Federation, submitted formal requests to the federal minister of…

Indigenizing the Co-operative Model by James Thunder and Mark Intertas begins with a delineation of the diversity and complexity of Indigenous peoples and their distinct…

The Manitoba government is relying on KPMG consulting firm’s research to guide housing policy. A new report “KPMG sends Manitoba Housing down a dead end:…

Learning the Wrong Lessons from Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand Attachments KPMG Summary.pdf

CCPA-MB response The five commitments made by the provincial government show that Manitobans can expect more austerity in the coming months. The five commitments are:…

In October 2019 the provincial government announced that former Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall would take over as commissioner of an inquiry into Manitoba Hydro’s Bipole…

An Uncertain Future Download 494.35 KB 20 pages Manitoba Hydro and the Public Utilities Board: An Uncertain Future unpacks the approaches used by the Manitoba…

Making Childcare More Affordable in Manitoba Download 805.58 KB 36 pages In this paper, we review Manitoba’s childcare funding, the provincial parent fee model, and…
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