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Work Life: Women’s Health, Unpaid Care and COVID -19
COVID-19 has further exposed the disproportionate care responsibilities shouldered by women in our province. From frontline workers, to parents, women are the face of COVID-19…
The unequal burden of COVID-19 joblessness
Source: February and April 2020 Labour Force Survey PUMF, excludes self employed. The scale of this crisis is now being revealed in stark statistics. However, it’s…
A snapshot of Canada’s import structure of COVID-19 medical supplies
The COVID-19 global outbreak has brought into sharp focus the threat of supply disruptions and shortages of critical medical products and equipment. In the U.S.,…
Manitoba’s Debt and Fiscal Outlook
Round Two The province’s May 4 news release reminds us how much the private sector and government finances are being affected by the pandemic, the…
An impossible choice: at least 540,000 low wage workers risk losing CERB if they refuse unsafe work
With provincial economies starting to reopen, we need to take a close look at the workers most at risk. Reopening is sometimes framed as if…
Canada’s modest drop in air pollution highlights magnitude of decarbonization challenge
One of the apparent silver linings of the COVID-19 lockdown has been a significant drop in air pollution in cities around the world.
Work Life: COVID 19 Revealing Inequities in Canada’s Labour Market
The strange times we’re living in are bringing many issues into sharp focus for the public at large. This is true with regard to the…
Working multiple jobs to make ends meet in BC
—With partial reopening on the horizon, more workers may be vulnerable than official statistics suggest— VANCOUVER – The need to work multiple jobs to make…
Ontario’s frontline workers deserve much more than applause
Workers on the front lines of our economy stock our grocery shelves, pack boxes in warehouses, and deliver our food. As COVID-19 rages on, they…
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…
Good times at the top of the food chain aren’t being felt at the bottom
COVID-19 has meant hard times for many Canadians. On the health front, more than 50,000 of us have contracted the virus. Tragically, more than 3,000 have…
Work Life: Failure to act fails us all…Manitoba income supports needed during COVID
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press May 1, 2020 Manitoba must help those being clobbered financially by the COVID-19 pandemic: it is the right…
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