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    826 reasons Kinder Morgan got a green light for its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

    Despite sustained opposition to Kinder Morgan’s plan to twin the Trans Mountain pipeline, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Cabinet gave it their blessing yesterday. Reaction from the many people, communities and nations opposed to the pipeline was swift. Twenty one municipalities and over 100 First Nations and Tribes have…

  • Rolling Thunder Census Review

    The sound of backlash to the government’s decision on cutting the Census long-form questionnaire continues to rumble across the country. Tuesday’s Globe and Mail published a story on the topic as well as a column by Andre Picard which was drawn primarily from the open letter on this blog. The…

  • Statistics Canada’s Senseless Census Decision

    Open letter to the Honourable Tony Clement, Ministry of Industry and Minister Responsible for Statistics Canada and Munir Sheikh, Chief Statistician, Statistics Canada June 30, 2010 Open letter to the Honourable Tony Clement, Ministry of Industry and Minister Responsible for Statistics Canada and Munir Sheikh, Chief Statistician, Statistics Canada Dear…

  • Fast Facts: Graduate Studies and Continuing Fees

    Graduate enrolment is steadily increasing in Manitoba, with more students electing to pursue post-graduate programs at both the Master’s and PhD levels. The growth in the graduate student population contributes much to the diversity and breadth of research done on university campuses. Additionally, once graduate students complete their course of…

  • If precarious employment is the new normal, how come we’re not talking about it?

    According to the Toronto Star,1 “Precarious work is the new norm.” The same article reports on research findings from a 2013 study2 by McMaster University/United Way/PEPSO that looks at precarious employment in the Toronto region. This study found that less than half of all jobs in the Toronto region are permanent, secure…

  • Les opposants au salaire minimum font fausse route

    tous profiteront de l’augmentation Récemment, le Sun de Brandon publiait un article et deux éditoriaux en réaction à l’annonce de la ministre du Travail et de l’Immigration, Mme Jennifer Howard, qui nous apprenait que le salaire minimum augmenterait de 50 cents l’heure le 1er octobre 2010. Toutefois, mis à part…

  • When Truthiness Prevails

    Entrepreneurial education for kids won’t work Truthiness, a term coined by U.S. pop culture icon Stephen Colbert, refers to a personal opinion or belief that must be true, not because of the facts or data, but because you can feel it in your gut. In watching the launch of Manitoba’s…

  • Fraser Institute, provincial government swing and miss again on education funding

    My recent analysis of BC’s education funding crisis made some waves, travelling far and wide in the media and becoming one of our most-read papers of the year at CCPA-BC. Not surprisingly, it also drew critical responses that reflect some persistent myths about the funding crisis. (You can hear my…

  • Labour Matters

    Work Life: Hard lessons from Europe’s austerity agenda

    First published in the Winnipeg Free Press February 19, 2019 It’s been obvious since his election that Premier Pallister is committed to austerity. His government is cutting public services and staff, reducing funding to municipalities and obsessing over deficit reduction, ostensibly to deal with what he labels as a financial…

  • 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 and fear. The approach they take is punitive, shaped, we believe, from a lack of understanding of how complex challenges really are. Others have a…

  • Corporate Mapping Project

    Jobs vs the Environment?

    Mainstream and alternative media coverage of pipeline controversies Download 3.49 MB44 pages Much of the argument advanced in support of expanding Canada’s fossil fuel production centres on job creation and economic benefits. Politicians, pundits and corporate spokespeople who support fossil fuel infrastructure projects—such as new oil and gas pipelines—often evoke this rhetoric…

  • Public Interest Research Project (BC)

    In Search of the Good Life

    ‘Competitiveness’ and Well-Being in British Columbia and Washington State Download 355.11 KB25 pages