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UNSPUN: Poverty Policy Choices and Winnipeg’s Inner City
Provincial government policy can be designed to punish those in poverty, or to reduce poverty. Both approaches have been tried in Manitoba, the first in…
UNSPUN: Communities leading the way need provincial support
The province has invested widely in community development and “place-based” approaches to renewal and poverty reduction, with many positive results. Place-based approaches such as these…
Work Life: A Ray of Hope for Winnipeg Transit
Winnipeg’s public transit system is in great need of improvement if it is to meet the needs of those who rely on it – seniors,…
UNSPUN: Who’s Doing What About Poverty Reduction
For Manitoban’s concerned about poverty, there will be much to consider when sorting through political party platforms and promises in search of a meaningful poverty…
Fast Facts: Uber is not the answer to Winnipeg’s transport woes
Ride-sharing service Uber wants into the Winnipeg taxi market. Looking past the marketing facade, Uber isn’t innovative or inevitable. Uber is in fact de-regulation of…
State of the Inner City Report 2015
Drawing on our strengths Download 1.57 MB76 pages Poverty is deeply-rooted, spatially-concentrated, complex, often racialized, and not quickly solved. It damages, and in some cases…
Fast Facts: A Real Energy Strategy Can Create Jobs and Save Government Money
The energy strategy debate thus far in the federal election has focussed on the future of the oil sands and pipeline politics. The Federal Tories…
Time for Ontario to allow municipalities to defend their tax base
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The Accountability and Oversight Gap in Saskatchewan’s Contract Roadbuilding System Download 1.1 MB20 pages This report identifies systemic neglect and carelessness within the Ministry of Highways…
Toronto could be $200 million richer
With a new mayor at the helm, the City of Toronto’s 2015 budget season is about to begin in earnest. Cue the debate over which…
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…
Toronto’s Taxing Question
Options to Improve the City’s Revenue Health Download 459 KB18 pages This study finds the City of Toronto hasn’t been using all of the tax…
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