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Reversing the Damage
How the Federal Liberals Can Restore Hope on the Prairies Download 2.19 MB14 pages If not reversed by the new government, significant spending cuts brought…
Work Life: Investing in Social Enterprise to reduce poverty and green house gases
A new Errol Black Chair paper explains how a combination of governmental policies and initiatives in Manitoba allows social enterprises to reduce Manitoba’s greenhouse gas…
How Government Support for Social Enterprise can Reduce Poverty and Greenhouse Gases
Download 773.12 KB24 pages A new Errol Black Chair paper explains how a combination of governmental policies and initiatives in Manitoba allows social enterprises to…
Fast Facts: More at Stake than Cold Beer – Let’s Keep Liquor Sales in the Public Sphere
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press Dec. 12, 2015 The Winnipeg Free Press has devoted a lot of attention recently to the question of…
Fast Facts: Who’s keeping score?
Two interesting reports crossed my desk recently. The first one, a column by Dan Lett, appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press on November 18th. Lett…
Unions Boost Democracy and Prosperity for All
Download 728.42 KB24 pages For a purportedly democratic country such as Canada, it is strange that so many of us seem to accept, unquestioningly, the…
The Social Determinants of Health in Manitoba
2nd Edition “This 2nd Edition of the Social Determinants of Health in Manitoba is a timely reminder that the health of people is determined more…
Work Life: People Want to Work
Are you willing to do physically demanding work for $12.50 -$13.50/hour, for a 1 month contract? One hundred and four inner-city young men and women…
Fast Facts: Rickety altar of balanced budgets
Manitoba’s Provincial Budget 2015 It is unfortunate that the sitting government has to waste valuable political capital maneuvering around obstructionist balanced budget legislation (BBL), but…
Fast Facts: The Inequality Budget
Finance Minister Joe Oliver had a chance Tuesday to prove the Harper government’s economic prowess. The budget he delivered, however, failed miserably to do that.…
Fast Facts: Alternative ideas to address Winnipeg’s woes
The Alternative Municipal Budget (AMB) is the tool we use to engage citizen groups on the Winnipeg budget. Part of our message is that the…
Fast Facts: Realizing the Potential of Public Transit
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press Jan 20, 2015. Last year’s municipal election accommodated a healthy discussion on public transit. It was largely…
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