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  • Manitoba Health Coalition on Budget 2022

    Premier Heather Stefanson began her tenure with a promise to listen to Manitobans. Her predecessor, Brian Pallister, had become identified with the chaos in Manitoba’s healthcare system and its often contradictory, and at times confrontational, pandemic messaging and policy. As premier, Pallister led these initiatives from the front. When he…

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    Work Life: Rowing against the tide of history

    Manitoba’s pandemic response could do lasting damage to Manitoba economy Previously published by CBC Manitoba Opinion April 25, 2020 Manitoba’s provincial government is keen to have us all row in the same direction to combat COVID-19.  But currently, Brian Pallister’s government is not only failing to dip its oar in…

  • Taxes and Public Services

    Debate over taxes dangerously one-sided and misleading Politics is about choices. But we can’t make effective choices without clarity. And that means we have to have an adult conversation about taxes and public services. A conversation that starts at A and goes to B, and doesn’t assume something that doesn’t…

  • Fast Facts: Springing to Action on Child Care

    Numerous studies have demonstrated that quality child care has a positive correlation with improved childhood outcomes, notably higher social and cognitive scores upon school entry, especially with children living in poverty. On Wednesday May 13th child care advocates from across Canada are joining together to call for a universally accessible,…

  • Fast Facts: Manitoba’s pandemic learning plan

    A timeline of “immediately,” a budget of “nothing” amid secretive legislation A version of this piece is forthcoming in Our Schools Our Selves published by CCPA National Manitoba’s public-school teachers are busy wrapping up the fall term– if they can stay awake. Teachers must be recognized this year for adapting,…

  • 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…

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    Making Women Count

    Advocates Provide Crucial Recommendations for an Inclusive Action Plan for Women in the Economy

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Following 50th anniversary of the Release of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women report, support for women in the economy is greatly needed.  OTTAWA, ON — With the Throne Speech promise of an Action Plan for Women in the Economy, the federal government…

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    Growing Gap

    Infographic: Two Child Care Plans

    Same cost, real difference Families in Canada deserve affordable child care, but costs vary widely across Canada. Many Canadians don’t know that Quebec has the least expensive child care in the country at $7.30/day. Quebec’s fixed fee puts the province at the top of the list for child care affordability,…

  • Boondoggles in the Boreal

    Abandoned mines, oil and gas wells pollute our boreal forest A mid-March report — A Forest of Blue: Canada’s Boreal Forest, the World’s Waterkeeper — focuses on the health of our vast northern forest ecosystem, which covers 60% of Canada’s land mass. Issued by the Pew Environment Group (a U.S.…

  • If not now, when? The throne speech and long term care

      Wednesday’s throne speech offered hints of promising changes to long term care policies—something COVID-19 has exposed as urgently needed. Specifically, the federal government promises “to work with provinces and territories to set new, national standards for long term care.”  There has been growing public pressure for federal leadership to…

  • Fast Facts: What we Need in the Throne Speech

    An issue that needs to be addressed in the forthcoming Throne Speech on November 20th, is the persistence in Manitoba of a deep, complex and damaging poverty. Important gains have been made in recent years in the fight against poverty, especially in Winnipeg’s inner city. They often emerge in the…

  • Alternative Federal Budget

    Fast Facts: Further poverty reduction efforts needed in Manitoba

    There is some good news in the Province’s recently released second annual All Aboard report, which tracks poverty and social exclusion in Manitoba. However, it’s clear that much more needs to be done. The report looks at 21 indicators covering areas such as housing, community belonging, education, employment, earnings, poverty…