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  • Fast Fasts: Manitoba Wage Wars

    First published in the Winnipeg Free Press February 12, 2021 Since forming government in 2016, the provincial Conservative government has aggressively pursued a policy of austerity. Working people in particular have been the targets. Yet during the pandemic, it has become fully apparent to everyone how crucial “ordinary” day-to-day workers…

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    Fast Facts: Displacement, Housing and Homelessness in Northern Manitoba Communities

    Poverty, overcrowded housing, high rates of homelessness, and systemic racism are just some of the underlying conditions causing communities in the northern region of Manitoba to be vulnerable to COVID-19.  For these reasons and more, Indigenous leaders in communities in the northern region acted quickly to declare a state of…

  • Communities fought white supremacy during World War I

    1923, Chapter 2: Anti-Racism and the War | 1914 – 1916

    1923, Chapter 2: Anti-Racism and the War | 1914 – 1916

  • 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 would be increased by 50 cents an hour on October 1, 2010. However, apart from the statements of minimum wage earners, the president of the…

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    Fast Facts: Community Economic Development in Manitoba and the Inclusive Economy

    Manitoba is a province of economic growth and economic disparity. It is a province with low unemployment rates, diverse development, and incredible resource wealth.  On the flip side, Manitoba has continuously had some of the highest child poverty rates in Canada, and the highest homicide rates, and Winnipeg has been…

  • Is Quebec a distinct society when it comes to inequality?

    It isn’t exactly a shining beacon of equality, but Quebec does a lot of things better. Those policies are the result of relatively strong unions and social movements.

    It isn’t exactly a shining beacon of equality, but Quebec does a lot of things better. Those policies are the result of relatively strong unions and social movements.

  • Part II: The only thing certain about COVID-19 is uncertainty

    Read Part One of Michele and Chandra’s piece here. What does this mean for protecting public health? In order to have a hope of containing the virus, we need to know as quickly as possible who actually has the virus and who they in turn might have exposed. But as…

  • Increasing number of Nova Scotia children living in poverty—findings of the 2020 Report Card just released

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT December 9, 2020 Halifax/Wolfville– In Nova Scotia there are 41,370 children who live in poverty based on the most recent data. The 2020 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia reveals that the percentage of children living in low-income circumstances in Nova…

  • Fast Facts: Towards restarting disability supports in Manitoba in the COVID-19 Era

    On March 18, Day Support Programs providing supports to persons with intellectual disabilities went in to critical service mode. The move to critical services meant that the majority of Day Program Services were closed in keeping with public health requirements and to keep our most vulnerable populations safe during the…

  • Dr. Jim Silver recipient of 2020 IPAC Manitoba LG Award

    The Manitoba office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives congratulates Dr. Jim Silver as the recipient of the 2020 Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration for the IPAC Manitoba region. Jim co-founded the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Manitoba office in 1997 with Wayne Anthony and the late Errol…

  • Human Rights Commission has opportunity to change workplace culture around sexual harassment

    Sexual harassment in the workplace has been a focus of recent talk and action, spurred on by the #MeToo movement. As one of many ways in which women continue to experience inequality at work, more needs to be done to prevent and address workplace sexual harassment. The forthcoming BC Human…

  • Is my community a child care desert? New map shows availability across Canada

    New research shows that child care availability in Canada has a long way to go

    New research shows that child care availability in Canada has a long way to go