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Time for change: A farewell message from CCPA-BC Director Shannon Daub
Dear friends, It is with mixed feelings that I share my decision with you to move on from the CCPA. Mixed because I am ready for a change in my career, but that doesn’t spare me the heartache of saying goodbye to an organization I’ve had the honour of helping…
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Don’t force charities and non-profits into crisis before wage subsidy kicks in
UPDATE—April 8, 2020: Today a letter was sent to key government officials requesting that the new Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) program be made available to all charities and community non-profits, without the requirement to experience a revenue loss before becoming eligible. All the organizations which added their name at…
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Building Stronger Boards
A Study on the Diversity of Settlement Organizations in Winnipeg Download 1.78 MB 68 pages Boards of directors are ubiquitous in Winnipeg’s social service sector, including in newcomer and refugee settlement organizations. Existing research shows that representative boards are more connected with community issues, better adapt to challenges, and are…
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Atlantic Canada’s story of inequality
Statistics Canada released new data yesterday on high income trends in Canada with nary a mention of the Atlantic Provinces. From a Canadian comparative perspective, the data told a story that was more striking for most of the rest of the country and in particular, Alberta, Ontario, BC and Quebec where 92%…
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CCPA submission to BC consultation on forest tenures
Earlier today, I submitted the following on behalf of the CCPA to Mr Jim Snetsinger, who is leading a consultation on area-based forest tenures on behalf of the BC government (FYI, the deadline for input into this consultation is Friday May 30, and submissions can be made via email to:…
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British Columbia’s largest raw log exporters make pitch to deregulate
Federal government would do well to resist call by Mosaic Forest Management, before opportunities to process wood in province are further compromised British Columbia’s forest industry was in trouble long before anyone had heard the name of the virus now seared into our brains. Months before COVID-19 appeared, forest companies…
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Bill 64 an organized abandonment of racialized communities
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press Friday May 7, 2021 When it comes to the problem of racism in Canada’s education system, racism is built into the very system. So, what is “new” with the government of Manitoba’s Bill 64? If passed into law, it will further entrench systemic…
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Dangerous precedent: Petronas subsidiary gets free pass after building unlicensed fracking dams
In a decision without precedent in its 25 years of existence, British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) has told Progress Energy that two massive unauthorized dams that it built will not have to undergo environmental assessments. The decision comes after the company made an audacious request to the EAO to…
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A Higher Calling: The case for federal investments in women’s work in the care economy
Submission to the House of Commons HUMA committee Download 192.12 KB13 pages The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the many ways in which inequality is baked into our economy and institutions. The crisis in care work predates the pandemic, rooted in the deeply gendered treatment and positioning of care work, intersecting…
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Angela Y. Davis – a primer
On Saturday, May 6, 2017, Dr. Angela Y. Davis will deliver a talk in Winnipeg at Knox United Church titled Race, Resistance, and Revolution: Freedom is a Constant Struggle. She will be hosted by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Manitoba office, in partnership with Black Space Winnipeg and Queer…
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Check the math before crying class warfare
“Canada’s Top 10% Pay 52% Of The Total Tax Bill” announced the front-page story in the Saturday Globe and Mail. Quite a sensational claim on the front page of a national newspaper. But take another look–some very peculiar conclusions are possible with the dubious use of statistics. Suppose we told…
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Drain it: Petronas subsidiary ordered to take action at two controversial fracking dams
The provincial government has ordered Progress Energy to drain virtually all of the water trapped behind two massive dams that the company built in violation of key provincial regulations. The company was told on October 31 to drain all but 10% of the water stored behind its Town and Lily…
