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Molly McCracken
What to know before you vote: Implications of Winnipeg Mayoral Candidate Platforms
I’m being asked which mayoral candidate with the potential to win Winnipeg’s election has the better platform when it comes to policing, recreation, housing, taxation…
Fast Facts: Respect and the right to abortion
The loss of abortion rights in the U.S. has spurned new debate here in Canada. In the Free Press op ed “A key question in…
Fast Facts: Low spending in Manitoba results in surplus during COVID-19 era
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press, March 25, 2022 Recent projections of Manitoba’s finances find the province could be in a budgetary surplus by…
Fast Facts: Provincial budget should help people, planet in need
Previously published by the Winnipeg Free Press January 25, 2022 My partner and I ushered 2022 during frigid temperatures trying to protect our two…
Fast Facts: Education property tax cut is misguided effort
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press on July 7, 2021 Manitoba property owners just received a large cheque in the mail from the provincial…
Provincial call for Winnipeg Public-Private Partnership for Sewage Stinks
Download 409.56 KB 7 pages In mId may, 2021 the province of Manitoba demanded the City undertake a single source contract with Deloitte LLP for…
CCPA Manitoba Presentation to Standing Policy Committee on Protection, Community Services and Parks in support of the tabling of the Supervised Consumption Site in Winnipeg report June 7, 2021
Since 2005, we have led the annual State of the Inner City research project, which has collaborated with Winnipeg over forty community-based organizations (CBOs) working…
Education Property Tax Cuts Worsen Income Inequality in Manitoba
Download 621.06 KB4 pages The Education Property Tax Reduction Act will increase income inequality in Manitoba and will not help those impacted by COVID. Property…
Fast Facts: Nova Scotia Education Overhaul a Cautionary Tale for Manitoba
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press on Wednesday May 12, 2021 Public education is a public good that promotes well-being and citizenship for all.…
Clarity on Manitoba’s COVID spending
On March 10th, 2021 in the Manitoba Legislature Question Period, Premier Pallister cited a report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) and claimed…
Manitoba’s COVID Recovery Must be Feminist – new analysis
Download 469.1 KB 9 pages This policy brief describes some of the ways Manitoba women have borne the brunt of CoviD and what’s needed for…
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