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Work Life: The Unbearable Resilience of P3’s.
On March 6, 2017, the Winnipeg Free Press reported that the Manitoba government was examining Saskatchewan’s experience with using Public Private Partnerships (P3s) to build…
Prairie Update: Doing Austerity in Saskatchewan and Manitoba
In the Fall 2016 Monitor, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)Saskatchewan’s Simon Enoch penned Getting to Know Brad, introducing Canada’s most popular premier – Brad…
Work Life: 900 Manitoba Hydro Workers Thrown Off Deck
The news that Manitoba Hydro will shed 900 employees hit the community like a tonne of bricks. The new government said cutbacks were coming, but…
Work Life: Time to give back to Manitoba’s North
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press, Dec 6, 2016 Those of us who were hoping that the Throne Speech would have details about a…
Fast Facts: Manitoba’s 2016 Speech from the Throne
Austerity Darkens Manitoba’s Door A version of this was first published in the Winnipeg Free Press Friday November 25, 2016 If the new provincial…
Work Life: Honouring Ellen Olfert, founder of SAFE Workers of Tomorrow
Honouring Ellen Olfert, founder of SAFE Workers of Tomorrow In 1995, 19 year old Stephen Nicholson was on the job site working in a paint…
Work Life: U of M labour showdown
A new sheriff in town On October 28th, an unusual joint statement was released by the University of Manitoba (U of M) administration and the…
Fast Facts: Balancing Convenience with Social Responsibility
Liquor regulation in Manitoba A new Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives MB report: Balancing Convenience with Social Responsibility: Liquor regulation in Manitoba examines the way…
Work Life: City of Winnipeg should study benefits of in-house waste collection
This fall Winnipeg City Council will determine the future of waste and recycling collection in our city. Current contracts with Emterra Environmental and Progressive Waste…
It’s Time to Give Back to Manitoba’s North
Download 1.14 MB12 pages A new Errol Black Chair report released today examines how events areunfolding in Churchill and The Pas. It puts these events…
Work Life: Manitoba Youth Crisis Workers Left in Limbo
Manitoba Government and General Employees Union members at Macdonald Youth Services (Local 221), who provide crisis intervention services to youth and families in Winnipeg, walked…
Energy East
Taking Manitoba in the Wrong Direction Download 738.7 KB 25 pages Industry insiders claim that the Energy East Pipeline will create tens of thousands of…
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