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6 lessons for climate action from Canada’s COVID-19 response
The coronavirus pandemic is an unprecedented public health crisis that demands immediate and decisive action. Governments around the world are taking extraordinary measures to contain the…
Fast Facts: COVID-19 Testing in Manitoba: The Importance of the Whole Story
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO’s director general, said Monday. “To win, we need to attack the virus with aggressive and targeted tactics: testing every…
Fast Facts: Pandemic Punctures Childcare Illusion
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press, March 25, 2020. Who knew that childcare would punch through as a key priority in a global pandemic?…
Affordable housing, homelessness and the upcoming federal budget
This year’s Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) was released on March 17. It provides an alternative fiscal framework for Canada’s federal government; it’s released ahead of the actual…
Old Grace A History of the Organization and Construction of the Old Grace Not-for-Profit Housing Co-operative
Download 1.11 MB58 pages In June 2019, Old Grace Not-for-Profit Housing Co-operative (OGHC) held its grand opening. The first members of the 64-unit co-op in…
The prison as petri dish
Informed by his 27 years in prison, the political organizer, lawyer and late president of South Africa Nelson Mandela is known to have said: “No…
Fast Facts: Protecting Manitoba Workers Key to Public Health
In the COVID-19 crisis workers are being urged to stay home and self-isolate if they feel sick or have been exposed. But emergency supplement in…
The Rent Is Due Soon
Financial Insecurity and COVID-19 Download 418.65 KB13 pages This report examines the financial situation of the 3.4 million households who rent and whose primary source…
COVID-19 crisis: Nearly half of working, renting households have a month of savings or less, report finds
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO – Close to half of working renters in Canada don’t have enough savings to pay their bills…
Crise de la COVID-19 : Près de la moitié des ménages ayant un emploi et payant un loyer dispose au plus d’un mois d’économies, montre un rapport
TORONTO – Près de la moitié des locataires canadiens ayant un emploi ne disposent pas d’assez d’économies pour payer leurs factures au-delà d’un mois s’ils…
Doug Ford must go big on COVID-19 spending
Ontario Premier Doug Ford will be in the spotlight this week. Last week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $27 billion in new federal spending to…
COVID-19 crisis response must address gender faultlines
With each passing day, the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic is coming into sharper view. Cancelled events, shuttered offices, suspended classes—we are all affected. There…
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