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Work Life: The Role of Labour in the Green Industrial Revolution
Canada is well behind other developed – and some lesser-developed countries – in shifting gears to a green economy. Other countries are supporting green enterprises…
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Fast Facts: Can a Housing First Initiative Work?
Homelessness is a major problem in Winnipeg. In 2014 the Winnipeg Poverty Reduction Council estimated that at any time approximately 350 individuals stayed in one…
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A Terrific Loss
The Expiring Social Housing Operating Agreements in Manitoba Download 604.39 KB16 pages For decades, social housing has been an integral part of Canadian housing and…
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Fast Facts: Federal withdrawal results in loss of social housing
Manitoba is losing subsidized rental housing units—a delayed result of the federal government’s withdrawal from funding social housing in the 1990s. As operating agreements between…
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How affordable is affordable housing?
Download 1.01 MB4 pages Manitoba’s affordable housing program is designed to help households with moderate incomes afford rent. Despite tight rental markets in cities like…
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Fast Facts: Canadians Deserve a Universal Early Childhood Education and Child Care System
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press, November 2014 This week hundreds of educators, academics and activists gather in Winnipeg for the fourth national childcare…
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Fast Facts: What we Need in the Throne Speech
An issue that needs to be addressed in the forthcoming Throne Speech on November 20th, is the persistence in Manitoba of a deep, complex and…
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Fast Facts: About the divide: It’s complicated
Previously published by the Winnipeg Free Press online edition, November 1, 2014. Winnipeg’s divide is far more complex than Bartley Kives suggests in his article…
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Work Life: “We asked for workers; we got people instead”
The above quote, by one of Swiss author Max Frisch’s characters, succinctly captures the inherent conflict between employers and workers. Employers want results; they want…
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Fast Facts: Further poverty reduction efforts needed in Manitoba
There is some good news in the Province’s recently released second annual All Aboard report, which tracks poverty and social exclusion in Manitoba. However, it’s…
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Fast Facts: Grassroots women’s mayoral forum sheds light on key issues
On October 8th, over 60 women gathered at the Circle of Life Thunderbird House on Treaty One territory to share their views on municipal issues…
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Supporting Refugees with High Needs to Settle in Manitoba
Download 1.16 MB40 pages Family Dynamics approached the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives — Manitoba (CCPA-MB) to undertake a study of the Family Dynamics Family…
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