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Under Pressure
How Public Policy is Constraining Municipalities Download 703.34 KB31 pages This paper examines the full weight of neoliberal policies on Ontario municipalities and calls for…
Fast Facts: Grassroots women’s mayoral forum sheds light on key issues
On October 8th, over 60 women gathered at the Circle of Life Thunderbird House on Treaty One territory to share their views on municipal issues…
Fast Fasts: CEO Sleep Out – Charity not Change
Last night several dozen business leaders, politicians and high profile Winnipeggers spent a night at Portage and Main in the annual CEO Sleep Out to…
Beer Bottles to Books
Remaking Merchants Corner Young North End activists hailed it as the latest example of “North End Rising.” That was the response when Premier Selinger announced…
A better way: Toronto’s chance to make transit fares more affordable
Toronto City Council will meet July 8 to vote on the development of a transit fare equity policy for the GTA. The proposed fare equity…
Fast Facts: Engaging Manitobans to Change Food Safety Regulations – the Bigger Picture
We all want healthy food for our neighbors, we all want to promote as many farms as possible growing that food and we want to…
Fast Facts: Outsourcing Under Scrutiny
The long, hard 2013-14 winter revealed serious problems with some city services, such as snow removal and repair of water pipe and water main infrastructure.…
Fast Facts – Grain, Trains and Autocrats: farmers pay the price of dismantling the Wheat Board
This was originally published in the Winnipeg Free Press on April 15, 2014 A banner 2013 crop year and some rail delays due to cold…
Work Life: Temporary Foreign Workers: How federal settlement policies overlook some newcomers
Manitoba has embarked on aggressive immigration strategies to attract newcomers to settle in a variety of communities in the province with the purpose of meeting…
Fast Facts: Grain Shipping is for the Bears
Oil by rail to Churchill not worth the risk For visitors from around the world, the opportunity to see polar bears and beluga whales in…
Fast Facts: It’s Time to Change the Budget Channel
The City of Winnipeg has released its proposed operational and capital budgets for 2014. As in previous years, it is hard to see the vision…
Toronto is Canada’s hottest job market – for better or worse
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