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  • Fast Facts: He Had a Dream

    Fifty years ago today, April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis Tennessee. James Earl Ray was convicted, but as Angela Davis said, “Racism was Martin Luther King’s assassin.” King was a brilliant leader in the African-American struggle for freedom in America’s Deep South. His name will…

  • Raising the minimum wage: not if but how much and how fast

    While lone voices from the business sector still oppose a minimum wage increase (as in this article in The Province), the minimum wage debate in BC has now firmly shifted past the question of whether we should raise it or not. Virtually all leadership contenders for both the BC Liberals…

  • Fast Facts: Alternative ideas to address Winnipeg’s woes

    The Alternative Municipal Budget (AMB) is the tool we use to engage citizen groups on the Winnipeg budget. Part of our message is that the City budget is not just an assortment of seemingly meaningless numbers. It is a means for implementing a plan, which is hopefully working for a…

  • Fast Facts: It’s Budget Time Again

    A glimmer of hope and a healthy dose of skepticism On April 17th Minister Stan Struthers will release details of how the Province will manage our money this year.  Here is how the process will unfold. A few pre-budget day announcements will be, or have been, made to manage expectations…

  • The View from Here

    Manitobans call for a poverty reduction plan Download 558.55 KB76 pages Governments across Canada are implementing comprehensive plans with targets and timelines aimed at reducing poverty and social exclusion. The Province of Manitoba has taken important steps to address poverty and social exclusion in recent years, however, much more remains…

  • Shaping a Future for Everyone

    Income inequality not sustainable economically for any of us The story of how we got into this global economic mess, and how we will get out, is inextricably bound up with the story of rising income inequality. After all, it was triggered by the interlocking fates of sub-prime mortgage holders…

  • Yes, a $15 minimum wage makes economic sense for BC

    I was excited to see one of the two main political parties in BC — the BC NDP — promise to raise the minimum wage to $15 if elected next spring. This puts the idea of a $15 minimum wage squarely on the political agenda. I’ve long argued for the need to significantly…

  • Children and Families Living in Poverty in Nova Scotia

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  • Information display at Vancouver Public Library Central Branch

    Public libraries are becoming the new social safety net

    Public libraries in British Columbia are evolving beyond spaces of quiet contemplation, equipped with card catalogues and encyclopaedias. In a time of increased Internet use and communication via social media, the way we access knowledge and use the library is changing. We are seeing digital storytelling and inspiration labs, access…

  • Climate Justice Project

    Fighting Energy Poverty in the Transition to Zero-Emission Housing

    A Framework for BC Download 2.66 MB37 pages

  • 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 concerns about shopping carts being removed from store property to be used for other purposes.  Giroday’s article inspired me to look more closely at the…

  • Crime, Poverty and the Mistake of the Conservative Punitive Approach.

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