Menu
Manitoba
Working towards a socially and economically just Manitoba
Since forming in 1997, the Manitoba Office has established a reputation for working in collaboration with the community to conduct quality research that advances social justice and environmental sustainability.
manitoba Office Details
Our publications are available to all at no cost. Please support the CCPA and help make important research and ideas available to everyone. Make a donation today.
-
Fast Facts: Proposed legislation a sentence of poverty for low income workers
Working should be a route out of poverty, but for some, low wages are a poverty trap. The current minimum wage is inadequate as at…
-
Work Life: P3’s must give ‘value for money’
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press May 6, 2017 On May 2, 2017 the Province’s news release announced it would be putting out a…
-
Angela Y. Davis – a primer
On Saturday, May 6, 2017, Dr. Angela Y. Davis will deliver a talk in Winnipeg at Knox United Church titled Race, Resistance, and Revolution: Freedom…
-
Workers in a dangerous time
Every year on April 28 a Day of Mourning is observed for workers killed or injured on the job. The Association of Workers’ Compensation Boards…
-
Focus on Budget 2017
The government was well aware that many were dreading Budget 2017. Non-profit organizations, healthcare workers, educators and public sector workers in general were bracing for…
-
Budget 2017: death by 1,000 cuts
Social Policy Lowlights Despite pundits’ claims that “its not as bad as it could be” there are a myriad of program cuts and tax cuts…
-
Budget 2017/18 Health Care Changes Concerning
Changes to Manitoba’s Health Care system are coming fast and furious. This will invariably impact key services we all rely on and limit access to…
-
Budget 2017/18 AKA Attack on students and recent graduates
On April 11, the Progressive Conservative government led by Brian Pallister released its second budget under their mandate. While the government is calling it moderate,…
-
Budget 2017/18 A step back on social housing in Manitoba
Budget 2017 provides $150M less for the development and maintenance of social and affordable housing compared to last year’s budget. Groups like the Right to…
-
Budget 2017/18 No Strategy No Change to Poverty
Low income Manitobans were hoping that this year’s budget would offer a plan to help lift them out of poverty. A well-funded strategy with targets…
-
Budget 2017/18 Empty on the Environment
Antiquated Ideas Manitoba budget and speech 2017 reflects regression, misses link between protecting environment and lowering health care costs On April 11 the government introduced…
-
Budget 2017/18 Climate loses
Disappointingly, specifics were lacking from the provincial budget on fight against climate change. In what was arguably the first real budget to be presented by…
Updates from the CCPA
Read the latest research, analysis and commentary on issues that matter to you.
CCPA Updates