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Jesse Hajer
2024 Manitoba Living Wage Update
The 2024 living wage for Winnipeg is $18.75 per hour. In Brandon it is $16.28 per hour, and in Thompson it is $17.90 per hour.…
Supporting Community-Led Development in Manitoba
Despite the current challenges facing communities and research supporting the benefits of community-led development (CLD), Manitoba hasn’t had a functioning, comprehensive CLD strategy or dedicated…
NDP budget starts reversing PC handouts for the rich
AS has been called out by academics, activists, community organizations and unions, the massive tax cuts implemented by the previous Progressive Conservative (PC) government were…
Tax cuts true threat to Manitoba’s finances
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press December 18, 2023
Funding Our Way
1.16 MB 44 pages The last few years have been quite the ride. Navigating the ups and downs of the COVID-19 pandemic, government support, and…
Child care also an austerity victim
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press August 29, 2023 Manitoba billboards promoting $10/day childcare create the perception that the Province of Manitoba has increased…
Tired of Waiting: Rectifying Manitoba’s Pay Gap
Download 888.36 KB64 pages Pay discrimination and inequality persist in Manitoba, with women earning on average 71 per cent of what men earn. Pay inequity…
Opposition Parties Need to Stand Firm Against Tax Cuts for the Rich
The 2023 Manitoba budget proposes over half a billion dollars in tax cuts, but many Manitobans won’t see a dime, while the richest Manitobans will…
Manitoba Living Wage
Update 2022 Download 2.46 MB 12 pages The 2022 living wage update comes alongside the fastest increases to the cost of living seen since the early…
Fast Facts: Policy Alternatives in the Face of Rising Prices:
Who will Bear the Burden? Media headlines and price tags alike are sending the message loud and clear: The cost of living is increasing, with…
Understanding and Responding to the Rising Cost of Living in Manitoba:
An Update for Workers, Lower-income Households and Allied Organizations Download 878.27 KB48 pages Media headlines and price tags alike are sending the message loud and…
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