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The case for raising property taxes in Ottawa
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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…
Video – Creating Pride Through Decent Work in Manitoba
Social Enterprises in Manitoba Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Manitoba office interviews Social Enterprise participants from Build and Manitoba Green Retrofit. Great stories and great…
Growth Charges: All Winnipeggers have a stake
The issue of development fees has made headlines again as the consultant hired to take on another study of growth financing in Winnipeg, Hemson Consulting…
A tribute to Mel Hurtig
When author, publisher and activist Mel Hurtig died on Wednesday, Canada lost one of its most ardent champions and defenders.
Social Housing with Supports – The Case of WestEnd Commons
Download 2.96 MB36 pages Since late 2014, twenty-six families in Winnipeg’s inner city have been living in a new, supportive social and affordable housing complex…
Ottawa’s chance to provide low-income transit passes
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“The future’s not ours to see” – but it is ours to shape
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Work Life: When does Temporary become Permanent?
Each year up to 400 mostly Mexican workers come to Manitoba under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP) to work on local farms. They perform…
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,…
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