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Fast Facts: Palliser Blaming, Punishing the Poor
This past week saw a new low with our provincial government singling out and imposing shame and burden on lower income families in Manitoba. Most…
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Fast Facts: Manitoba’s Losing its Edge:
It’s time to Reject Austerity First published in the Winnipeg Free Press March 3, 2020 January’s job numbers for Manitoba recently gained praise from Premier…
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Change Starts Here
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Manitoba office launched its Alternative Provincial Budget (APB) which proposes a number of strategic investments the Government of…
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Indigenous Student Experiences with Racism in Winnipeg
Download 786.2 KB28 pages While racism in the United States receives a great deal of media attention, in Canada it is less so. Canadians like…
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Manitoba Alternative Provincial Budget Childcare Chapter only
Download 178.66 KB 7 pages Childcare Chapter excerpt from the soon to be released Manitoba Alternative Provincial Budget 2020.
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Fast Facts: It’s High Time to Revoke Canadian Premium Sand’s Licence
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press February 19, 2020 In October of 2018, I was asked by a few folks from Hollow Water First…
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The Great Transformation
Social Housing in Manitoba The Manitoba Department of Families recently released action plan, entitled Shared Priorities, Sustainable Progress, is short on detail and long on…
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Nisichawayasihk
A Future Net-Zero First Nation? Download 789.31 KB 25 pages Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN) (Nelson House, MB), has embarked on a comprehensive program of economic…
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Fast Facts: Time is Now for 2020 Vision
Need Manitoba Climate & Social Action Budget First published in the Winnipeg Free Press January 23, 2020 According to United Nations scientists we have just…
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Work Life: How will the new federal government respond to an economic crisis?
This article first appears in The Monitor Jan/Feb 2020 Far from altering the risky behaviour that precipitated the 2008 financial crisis, bankers, financiers and corporate…
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Social and Economic Trends: Taking Stock of Manitoba’s Social Housing Plan
In 2017 the federal government announced a 10-year, $40 billion National Housing Strategy (NHS) to “help reduce homelessness and improve the availability and quality of…
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Fast Facts: Upholding the Legacy of Joseph Zuken: Roz Usiskin Citizen Activist
In 2017, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Manitoba (CCPA-MB) assumed responsibility for the Joseph Zuken Citizen Activist Award, which was established in 1987. Joe Zuken…
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