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Work Life: Inaction Threatens to Stagnate Manitoba Minimum Wage
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press July 18, 2016 Unless immediate action is taken, 2016 will be the first time in a generation that…
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Social Housing with Supports – The Case of WestEnd Commons
Download 2.96 MB36 pages Since late 2014, twenty-six families in Winnipeg’s inner city have been living in a new, supportive social and affordable housing complex…
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Work Life: Bill 7 Unfavourable for Manitoban Workers
First published by CBC Manitoba on June 2016 On June 15 the new Manitoba government introduced Bill 7, The Labour Relations Amendment Act, which…
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Energy East
Taking Manitoba in the Wrong Direction Download 738.7 KB 25 pages Industry insiders claim that the Energy East Pipeline will create tens of thousands of…
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Fast Facts: Energy East
Taking Manitoba in the Wrong Direction TransCanada Pipeline’s Energy East pipeline (EE), if approved, will run from Hardisty Alberta to St. John, New Brunswick, and…
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Evidence-based Policy – wouldn’t that be a change
The case for personal care homes Budget 2016 pledges $160 million to create 1,200 new Personal Home Care (PCH) spaces. It is to be hoped…
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Fast Facts: Budget 2016 – the waiting game
It will take more than one budget – hastily prepared – to fully appreciate the Conservatives’ master plan, but the Throne Speech, a fiscal update…
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Work Life: When does Temporary become Permanent?
Each year up to 400 mostly Mexican workers come to Manitoba under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP) to work on local farms. They perform…
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Fast Facts: Social Enterprises Create Pride through Decent Work
Social enterprises fill an important gap in Manitoba’s economy for those struggling to enter the workforce. The provincial government has seen the value of investing…
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Creating Pride Through Decent Work
Social Enterprise in Manitoba Download 3.35 MB48 pages Social enterprises fill an important gap in Manitoba’s economy for those struggling to enter the workforce. The…
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Work Life: Business Wins Big – Throne Speech 2016
Throne speeches typically are run-of-the-mill exercises that say very little while evoking lofty ideals such as prosperity, innovation and “establishing an open principled government that…
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Fast Facts: Manitoba Ranked Highest for Indigenous Child Poverty
Children need to feel and see they are important members of their communities and treated as such. A new study out Tuesday finds that Manitoba…
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