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  • Scientific “review” of fracking falls well short of what is needed: full public inquiry required, groups say

    VANCOUVER – A scientific panel appointed by the provincial government to review natural gas industry fracking operations conspicuously avoids tackling human health concerns, which can only be properly addressed by a full public inquiry, say public health groups, other non-governmental organizations and First Nations. The groups are responding to the…

  • Labour Matters

    Migrant Voices

    Migrant Workers in Manitoba Each year up to 400 Mexican men – migrant workers under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program 1 (SAWP) – work on farms in Manitoba. These labourers perform physically strenuous work on vegetable farms and in greenhouses for up to eight months, year after year. They live…

  • Les écoles franco-ontariennes elles aussi débrayent : Les enjeux pour ces écoles

    Conseil scolaire Postes d’enseignant éliminés d’ici 2023-2024 (scénario de 4 cours en ligne) Postes d’enseignant éliminés d’ici 2023-2024 (scénario de 2 cours en ligne) Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario (CEPEO) 64 62 Conseil scolaire Viamonde 39 38 CSC MonAvenir 61 59 CSC Providence 35 34 CSD catholique…

  • The Harper Record

    This book is one in a series of CCPA publications that have examined the records of Canadian federal governments during the duration of their tenure. As with earlier CCPA reports on the activities of previous governments while in office, this book gives a detailed account of the laws, policies, regulations,…

  • Rendering of Sen̓áḵw project in Kitsilano. Credit: http://www.senakw.com

    Lessons from the Squamish Nation’s ambitious new rental housing plan

    As we face a severe housing crisis in Vancouver, the Squamish Nation is poised to add 6,000 new homes—mostly market rental housing—to its 11 acre reserve lands in Kitsilano. This will create a major new ongoing revenue stream for the Nation, while providing rental homes to help ease Vancouver’s ultra-low…

  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    $130 million NAFTA payout sets troubling precedent

    Why should a provincial government be punished for doing the right thing? That’s a question the citizens of Newfoundland and Labrador – and all Canadians – should be asking themselves in the aftermath of last summer’s decision by the Harper government to pay AbitibiBowater $130 million to settle a NAFTA…

  • Manitoba Research Alliance

    The Burden of Concern

    The Healthy Environment, Healthy Neighbourhood Project Download 8.23 MB 196 pages The HEHN project documented first-hand experiences of Winnipeg residents in inner city and mature neighbourhoods who live near industrial and contaminated sites, most notably in Point Douglas and St. Boniface, in Winnipeg, 2023.

  • May 2004: Living in a Fossil-Fuel Dream World

    Why are we still acting as if oil supplies are inexhaustible? As evidence mounts that the end of the Oil Age is near, the task of replacing dwindling fossil fuels with renewable energy sources remains largely unengaged–but it will soon take on a grim urgency, if not panic. Governments in…

  • Manitoba Research Alliance

    Fast Facts: Displacement, Housing and Homelessness in Northern Manitoba Communities

    Poverty, overcrowded housing, high rates of homelessness, and systemic racism are just some of the underlying conditions causing communities in the northern region of Manitoba to be vulnerable to COVID-19.  For these reasons and more, Indigenous leaders in communities in the northern region acted quickly to declare a state of…

  • Brandon University left behind in budget 2023

    As the old adage goes, budgets are not only a financial blueprint for a government’s plan but also demonstrate their choices and values. Manitoba’s universities have been under attack by the Manitoba Government. Since the 2017 budget, funding below the rate of inflation has resulted in a substantial revenue shortfall.…

  • High CEO pay shatters previous records, now 227 times more than average worker pay

    C-suite payrolls are so massive they account for at least 40% of some companies’ losses CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA — Canada’s 100 highest paid CEOs made 227 times more than the average worker made in 2018, surpassing all previous records, according to a new report from…

  • Aerial photo of two cars in a minor accident

    Creeping privatization is not the fix to auto insurance in BC

    As part of BC’s election campaign, the BC Liberal party pledged this week to move away from universal public auto insurance by opening up basic coverage to private insurance corporations. The claim made by party leader Andrew Wilkinson is that cheaper rates will follow from having private corporations sell insurance…