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Fast Facts: Indigenous-led housing key to pandemic recovery
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press Dec. 12, 2020 “STAY home.” For months we have heard this refrain from our public-health officials. And yet,…
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Fast Facts: Manitoba’s pandemic learning plan
A timeline of “immediately,” a budget of “nothing” amid secretive legislation A version of this piece is forthcoming in Our Schools Our Selves published by…
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State of the Inner City Report 2020: COVID 19
Strengthening community in a time of isolation Attachments State of the Inner City 2020 Appendix.pdfState of the Inner City 2020 Introduction.pdfState of the Inner City…
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Work Life: Living Wage for Manitoba Update 2020 – Summary
CCPA MB puts out regular updates of the living wage in Manitoba, ensuring it reflects changes in the cost of living. Because the living wage…
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A Family Living Wage for Manitoba
A Living Wage Update Download 482.32 KB 16 pages CCPA MB puts out regular updates of the living wage in Manitoba, ensuring it reflects changes…
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Fast Facts: Humanitarian and Poverty COVID Crisis Looms
Open Letter to Province of Manitoba Below are the contents of an open letter sent to Premier Pallister and Minister of Families Heather Stefanson on…
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Concentration Matters
Farmland Inequality on the Prairies Download 1.29 MB32 pages On the Canadian prairies, small and medium-sized family farms are often portrayed as the primary food…
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Fast Facts: Capital interests – health and education in Manitoba during COVID
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press November 12, 2020 The Constitution of Canada identifies health care and education as primary responsibilities of provincial governments.…
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Fast Facts: Shirley Lord: Activist, Mentor and Organizer
A lot of important work gets done by extraordinary people who never appear in the spotlight. Such people might be fundraising for political candidates and…
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Displacement, Housing and Homelessness in Northern Manitoba Communities
Download 1.43 MB64 pages The fact that Indigenous people are consistently overrepresented in homeless counts across Canada reflects the lack of attention to its causes,…
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Fast Facts: Displacement, Housing and Homelessness in Northern Manitoba Communities
Poverty, overcrowded housing, high rates of homelessness, and systemic racism are just some of the underlying conditions causing communities in the northern region of Manitoba…
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Work Life: Stella’s Strike – It’s About Fairness
The strike at Stella’s Restaurant on Sherbrook St. in Winnipeg places the verse of the old labour song, “Which side are you on,” before each…
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