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Election 2011 UNSPUN: Winnipeg’s Inner City and North End Neighbourhoods
Lessons from Ten Years of Research The inner city suddenly becomes important to politicians during elections. Some political parties choose to focus solely on crime…
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Election 2011 UNSPUN: Pro-Business Agenda: Long on Rhetoric, Short on Good Ideas
On August 29, 2011 the Manitoba Employers Council (MEC) released a report titled, Are we there yet? The Manitoba Prosperity Report. The purpose of the…
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Election 2011 UNSPUN: Public Schools Financing
The Manitoba Real Estate Association, the Keystone Agricultural Producers and the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce have joined to form the Let’s Pay Fair Coalition to…
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Election 2011 UNSPUN: A Clock Worth Watching
The Winnipeg Free Press (September 7 editorial: Tick, tick, tick) correctly notes that Manitoba’s debt is a non-issue with voters. Maybe Manitobans get their information…
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Fast Facts: The Implications of the Public Utilities Board Report on Manitoba Hydro
On July 29, 2011, the Public Utilities Board (PUB) of Manitoba issued an interim Order denying Manitoba Hydro requests to “finalize existing interim rates and…
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Fast Facts: The Inequality Agenda and the Specious Ideas that Support It
In June, 1998, Toronto’s Centre for Social Justice published a report by Armine Yalnizyan on the dimensions and implications of growing inequalities in the distribution…
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Fast Facts: Do Social Mixing Policies Work?
Does social mixing as public policy result in more equitable cities, more culturally diverse neighbourhoods, and less social marginalization? These are some of the goals…
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CCPA Review: Poverty Reduction and the Politics of Setting Social Assistance Rates
Over the past ten years, we have begun to see provincial governments across the country implement poverty reduction plans in various forms. Manitoba is the…
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Youth Voices: Disenfranchised youth voters ditch polling stations
Canada’s 41st general election was one of the most exhilarating elections in recent years and the result is unprecedented change in the political landscape. The…
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Together We Have Clout
Community Led Organizations United Together (CLOUT) is a coalition of nine community-based organizations providing direct service to inner-city children and families. They include: Andrew Street…
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Fast Facts: Bi Pole III: Winnipeg Free Press and the Conservative campaign of misinformation
The Winnipeg Free Press editorial “Best use of Hydro’s millions” (July 4) obfuscates several straightforward matters on Bipole III. The editorial states that Manitoba Conservatives…
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