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  • BC is flush. It’s time for more robust investment in the common good.

    Can BC afford to make major new public investments to address crises in housing, climate change, health care, child care and toxic drugs, among others? The simple answer is yes, can we ever.  A new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ national office shows that despite dire predictions…

  • Fight poverty to spur recovery

    Two years ago, most Canadians were enjoying the peak of a 10-year economic growth phase that helped rank Canada among the 10 biggest economies on the planet. Then, in the fall of 2008, the global economic meltdown came crashing down on Canada, knocking hundreds of thousands of workers into unemployment.…

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    Politics versus the future: Canada’s Orwellian energy standoff

    There is no denying the utility of fossil fuels, which meet 85% of the world’s energy needs. And consumption is rising along with emissions. Even in Canada, the second largest hydropower producer in the world, 76% of end use energy is provided by fossil fuels. We are told by the…

  • What should Nova Scotians expect from the Federal Poverty Reduction Strategy?

    Next week marks the end of the school year and for some families the end of supports that are only available to their children in school, including breakfast. Families should have access to family-centred income and services provided without stigma for all. To reduce poverty requires leadership from all levels…

  • Fast Facts: Energy East

    Taking Manitoba in the Wrong Direction TransCanada Pipeline’s Energy East pipeline (EE), if approved, will run from Hardisty Alberta to St. John, New Brunswick, and will carry bitumen from Alberta’s Tar Sands to refineries in Quebec and New Brunswick. A new Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives MB report examines the…

  • Fast Facts: Lions Place Housing Crisis

    What the Manitoba Government can and must do Since learning on July 26, 2022 that their home would soon be listed on the private market, the residents at Lions Place have been fighting hard to keep their home out of for-profit hands. This is not a battle that they should…

  • The Growth of Degrowth (Part 2)

    Vital degrowth movement boosted at Barcelona conference Whether the quest is for deeper democracy, protection of the planet, or enrichment of our way of living, the degrowth process starts with reducing the use of natural resources and energy. The moment is now, since we’re already in a period of degrowth and…

  • Child poverty: How does BC stack up against those provinces with a plan?

    A week ago, I appeared before the BC Legislature’s Standing Committee on Children and Youth. The committee, to its credit, had decided to spend a day hearing witnesses on the subject of child poverty, and what BC could do to make a difference. Among the points I raised with the…

  • Prove Yourself!

    Barriers to accessing ID for low-income Manitobans Government-issued identification (ID) is essential to gain access to a wide range of government entitlements, commercial services and financial systems. Lack of ID on the other hand, represents a critical barrier that prevents low-income Manitobans from accessing these services and benefits, and ultimately…

  • Fast Facts: Indigenous-led housing key to pandemic recovery

    First published in the Winnipeg Free Press Dec. 12, 2020 “STAY home.” For months we have heard this refrain from our public-health officials. And yet, in Winnipeg, hundreds of people have no home. As a result, they are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19. A large majority are Indigenous. Winnipeg is home…

  • Fast Facts: A welcoming home for refugees – removing the stigma and increasing the support

    Refugees across Canada are facing a structural housing crisis.  Stagnant shelter allowances for the Government Assisted Refugees  eligible to receive them,  a federal retreat from social housing provision, and skyrocketing housing costs in numerous Canadian cities since the early 1990s, have all contributed to this.   The Manitoba Interfaith Immigration Council…

  • Facts and Foolishness On Our Democracy

    The Governor-General is the guardian of our Constitution, not the government’s puppet or public relations figurehead Thanks to a 40-minute segment on CBC Radio’s Cross-Country Check-up in mid-April, I became unhappily aware of the fresh batch of nonsense now circulating about the position of Canada’s Governor-General. The trigger for the…