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Finding Her Home
A gender-based analysis of the homelessness crisis in Winnipeg Download 780.67 KB46 pages This winter, a 53 year-old woman died overnight in minus 32-degree temperatures,…
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Fast Facts: Caring for Home Care in Manitoba
In January, the government released the Toews report The Future of Home Care Services in Manitoba. The report was commissioned by the NDP government in…
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Today’s conservatives Are Not Your Grandpa’s Tories
Co-ops, Credit Unions and Free Trade Policies On the Main Street in Morden Manitoba there are two gas stations: an Esso and a Co-op. During…
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Prairie Update: Doing Austerity in Saskatchewan and Manitoba
In the Fall 2016 Monitor, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)Saskatchewan’s Simon Enoch penned Getting to Know Brad, introducing Canada’s most popular premier – Brad…
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Work Life: 900 Manitoba Hydro Workers Thrown Off Deck
The news that Manitoba Hydro will shed 900 employees hit the community like a tonne of bricks. The new government said cutbacks were coming, but…
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Fast Facts: Economics & the path to women’s & racial equity and equality in Manitoba
Last Monday the Manitoba Minister responsible for the status of women, Rochelle Squires declared the third week in January “gender equality week”. However the new…
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What Does it Take to House a Syrian Refugee?
Supporting Refugee Housing and Resettlement Beyond the Syrian Refugee Crisis Download 1 MB32 pages In this work we demonstrate the specific constellation of events, initiatives,…
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Carbon Pricing and Climate Mitigation Backgrounder – Part I of II
The federal government has stated that if provinces don’t impose a price on carbon, it will impose its own price by 2018. Trudeau has stated…
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Pulling Back the Curtain on University Financial Reports
The need to “tighten our belts” is heard so often in the public sector, it is pretty much accepted without question. This is certainly the…
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Fast Facts: Manitoba municipalities struggle to meet housing needs
Mayors Cities and towns across the province are learning to work within their unique economic climates and available policy tools to deal with housing needs.…
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Fast Facts: How to really help Manitoba families
Build a universal childcare system First published in the Winnipeg Free Press Dec 22, 2016 Manitoba’s childcare system is staggering to meet the needs of…
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Fast Facts: Reconciliation Lives Here
State of the Inner City Report 2016 This year’s State of the Inner City Report tackles arguably the most important issue of our time: healing…
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