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UNSPUN 2019: Green New Deal Not Reflected in Provincial Party Platforms – Yet
This Manitoba election is critical to climate action. United Nations science says we have to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 45% in…
UNSPUN 2019: Green New Deal Not Reflected in Provincial Party Platforms – Yet
This Manitoba election is critical to climate action. United Nations science says we have to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 45% in…
Failing Grade: Manitoba Poverty Reduction Strategy and Budget 2019
Download 326.39 KB 12 pages “I grew up poor. I appreciate the reality that many Manitobans face. It’s very difficult for many Manitobans right now.…
What is happening to public education in Manitoba?
School trustees are consulting with parents and stakeholders for this upcoming year’s school budgets while they seem to be under attack by the provincial government.…
Fast Facts: Searching for fairness in Manitoba’s Carbon Tax
Last month our office released a report authored by Harvey Stevens that found the federal carbon tax will reduce more greenhouse gases than the proposed…
Hope on the horizon?
What the new federal poverty plan means for Manitoba The federal government released its national poverty reduction strategy “Opportunities for All” last month. The plan…
Fast Facts: As wealthiest speed past the rest of us
Manitoba needs to fight income inequality First published on CBC online July 8th, 2018 A Ferrari cruises down Portage Avenue past people lining the streets…
Manitoba program model for National Housing Benefit
A shelter benefit called for by community advocates and developed in Manitoba is a model for the rest of the country. Rent Assist has offered…
Winnipeg’s Inner City
The State of the Inner City 2017 report launch included an infographic breaking down information, stats and solutions. Why Fight Poverty and Income Inequality? Cycle…
Fast Fasts: Cutting taxes is not the answer
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press August 9, 2017 Last week I was chatting with my uncle, a retiree on a fixed income, about…
Fast Facts: Proposed legislation a sentence of poverty for low income workers
Working should be a route out of poverty, but for some, low wages are a poverty trap. The current minimum wage is inadequate as at…
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