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Fast Facts: No Silver Bullet to ‘solve’ poverty
Response to “Generosity doesn’t solve poverty” Winnipeg Free Press Dec 17, 2014 Mary Agnes Welch is right when she says charity is “not fixing the province’s most serious problem.” However,…
How Ontario can create an effective public pension plan
As Ontario begins work on an expanded public pension plan, the case for a comprehensive public plan couldn’t be clearer: the private sector is not delivering retirement security to most…
Fast Facts: Make new development fund affordable housing
City council will vote on a plan for a new suburb on the northwest edge of Winnipeg on December 10. As it stands, the proposed “Precinct E” will deepen the…
Fast Facts: Meeting the housing needs of Aboriginal people moving to Winnipeg
Winnipeg is home to Canada’s largest Aboriginal population. Aboriginal people, however, are among the most likely to experience homelessness and are also over-represented in housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or…
Fast Facts: What we Need in the Throne Speech
An issue that needs to be addressed in the forthcoming Throne Speech on November 20th, is the persistence in Manitoba of a deep, complex and damaging poverty. Important gains have…
Fracking—Dollars and Sense
This commentary, by Michael Bradfield, a member of the Nova Scotia Hydraulic Facturing (Fracking) Review Panel, clarifies the economics of adopting a serious ban on exploration and exploitation of shale…
Fast Fasts: CEO Sleep Out – Charity not Change
Last night several dozen business leaders, politicians and high profile Winnipeggers spent a night at Portage and Main in the annual CEO Sleep Out to raise funds and awareness about…
Fast Facts: A vote for austerity is a vote for more suffering
Lorrie Steeve’s distasteful comments about Aboriginal panhandlers set off a series of responses that reflected badly on many Winnipeggers. The following week’s big story was the murder of Tina Fontaine…
Lots of talk about trade barriers but deregulation lies between the lines
(This article also appeared on the Huffington Post blog.) Canada’s premiers are in Charlottetown for their annual Council of the Federation meeting and once again the apparently catastrophic issue of…
Fast Facts: Justice Requires Hope
Sunday, August 10th, marks the 40th anniversary of what has come to be known as Prisoners’ Justice Day in Canada. Ever since the suicide of Edward Nolan in a segregation…
How German Opposition Could Sink a Major Canadian Trade Pact
Furor over mechanism allowing foreign investors to sue states could sap CETA. Originally published June 20, 2014 on TheTyee.ca Editor’s note: The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternative’s trade policy analyst…
Fast Facts: Outsourcing Under Scrutiny
The long, hard 2013-14 winter revealed serious problems with some city services, such as snow removal and repair of water pipe and water main infrastructure. Garbage collection service has been…
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