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Fast Facts: Drop the Stereotypes, and Deal with the Real Problem
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press September 28, 2018 In August the Free Press published an article (Safety complaints at Lord Selkirk Park, Aug.…
Fast Facts: He Had a Dream
Fifty years ago today, April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis Tennessee. James Earl Ray was convicted, but as Angela Davis…
Fast Facts: Health Care Blind Spot
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press on January 17, 2018 Manitoba’s healthcare system is undergoing major changes. Many Manitobans fear that the changes are…
Research for Communities
Poverty and Education in a low-income suburb It is outrageous that large numbers of children starting school in Winnipeg year after year are so poorly…
Indigenous People Wage Labour and Trade Unions
The Historical Experience in Canada Download 782.29 KB20 pages Have Indigenous people in Canada been active as wage labourers and union members? If so, what…
Indigenous Workers and Unions
The Case of Winnipeg’s CUPE 500 Download 869.69 KB36 pages Indigenous people have worked for wages for more than 150 years in Canada, and before…
KPMG: Reasons to be skeptical of the advice they offer
It is curious that the Pallister government would have hired consulting firm KPMG to provide advice on how to manage the Province’s affairs. KPMG’s actions…
The KPMG Report
No solution for the low-income housing problem Consulting firm KPMG’s recommendations that Manitoba Housing units be sold and that the private sector play a greater…
Fast Facts: Don’t Cut Neighourhoods Alive!
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press Dec 12, 2016 The provincial government has halted funding for Neighbourhoods Alive! This is a serious mistake. Neighbourhoods…
Work Life: Cities and Civic Workers
The Union Role in Building Better Cities Book Review Although Carlo Fanelli’s book Megacity Malaise: Neoliberalism, Public Services and Labour in Toronto is not about…
Fast Facts: Honouring a Quiet Warrior – Larry Morrissette
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press, Sept 28, 2016 The recent death of Larry Morrissette is a major loss, not only to his family…
UNSPUN: Remembering Privitization of Home Care
Brian Pallister has said that if his Conservative Party wins this month’s provincial election, he will not rule out the possibility of experimenting with privatization…
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