- Home
- Topics
- Regions
- Magazines
-
-
-
The Monitor
A lot of AI discourse masks the fact that it is the result of a series of policy choices. Despite the government evoking Margaret Thatcher’s infamous “there is no alternative,” we do have a choice. And we should be serious about what that choice is.
-
-
-
-
Our Schools/Our Selves
A guide to standing up to book bans and beyond, and how to protect and strengthen public education in Canada
-
-
-
-
- Media Inquiries
- Subscribe
- Legacy Gifts
- About
- Contact
- Donate Now
- Donate Now
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: Steeling the NDP’s resolve
Migrant farm workers need access to public healthcare As spring unfolds in southern Manitoba, we will soon see more than migratory birds arriving. Over 400…
-
Fast Facts: Opponents of minimum wage have got it all wrong
Everyone benefits from increase Recently the Brandon Sun published an article and two editorials relating to Labour Minister Jennifer Howard’s announcement that the minimum wage…
-
Fast Facts: A middle of the road budget for tough times
No one can envy Minister Wowchuk’s job of delivering this year’s budget. As we work our way through the “great recession” the budget will face…
-
Budget 2010/11
A message from the people As the Manitoba government prepares for this year’s budget, the air of equanimity evident in last year’s budgetary deliberations has…
-
Public funds for Youth For Christ
Have our politicians learned nothing from past mistakes? On February 17, 2010, the Mayor’s Executive Policy Committee (EPC) passed a motion to provide a grant…
-
Fast Facts: We have a floor, now we need a ceiling
Reducing Canada’s income inequalities In recent decades we’ve seen a dramatic increase in income inequality, which has concentrated the gains from economic growth in the…
-
Youth Voices: Supporting refugee youth through through community connections
I recently finished my Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Winnipeg in Politics and International Development Studies, which included a practicum placement with…
-
Youth Voices: Poverty and the alternatives uses of shopping carts
Last summer, Gabrielle Giroday wrote an article for the Winnipeg Free Press called “Stores can’t stop carts vanishing: Shoppers wheeling thousands away.” This article raised…
-
Fast Facts: Manitoba’s Silent Spring
Our disappearing birds Almost every source of data, from the volunteer-based Breeding Bird Survey to university-lead research, as well as broad-based summary documents such as…
-
Fast Facts: Raise the Minimum Wage
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) and the Winnipeg Free Press recently called on the Manitoba government to abandon a policy established in 1999…
-
FastFacts: Putting the spirit of giving in context
“Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.” —Martin Luther King Jr.…
-
Fast Facts: It takes all day to be poor
The State of the Inner City Report 2009 For the past five years, CCPA Manitoba has conducted inner-city research in collaboration with community-based organizations. The…
Updates from the CCPA
Read the latest research, analysis and commentary on issues that matter to you.
CCPA Updates