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Un-equal access to opportunity between suburban and inner-city youth
Three weeks ago, a 19-year-old from Winnipeg’s inner city shot two teenagers. Our city government’s response was to send in more police officers. But incarceration…
The Importance of Bill C-474
Our farms need to be saved from genetically modified crops With the release of its National Food Policy on April 26, the federal Liberal Party…
Fast Facts: Contract with Veolia for waste-water treatment does not pass the smell test
On May 12 EPC unanimously voted to accept a report prepared by Winnipeg Public Services. The Report recommends that the City award a contract to…
Fast Facts: Steeling the NDP’s resolve
Migrant farm workers need access to public healthcare As spring unfolds in southern Manitoba, we will soon see more than migratory birds arriving. Over 400…
Future Transportation Will Rely on Bikes and Buses, Too
Electric cars helpful, but not sole advance in mobility As we enter the second half of the oil age and the first half of the…
Public funds for Youth For Christ
Have our politicians learned nothing from past mistakes? On February 17, 2010, the Mayor’s Executive Policy Committee (EPC) passed a motion to provide a grant…
How to make municipal tax reform as fair as possible
On January 26, the HRM Council will again address municipal tax reform proposals. But the proposals are merely piece-meal changes. We need to ask and…
Fast Facts: It takes all day to be poor
The State of the Inner City Report 2009 For the past five years, CCPA Manitoba has conducted inner-city research in collaboration with community-based organizations. The…
Winnipeg’s Best-Kept Secret
A Community Development Vision For Sherbrook Pool Download 1.49 MB39 pages This paper examines the benefits of recreation for communities, with a specific focus on…
Fast Facts: Building a community of opportunity and hope
Lord Selkirk Park Recent events in Gilbert Park have cast Winnipeg’s North End public housing complexes in a negative light. An opposition politician has called…
At the Mercy of Their Bosses
Seasonal farm workers exploited, denied rights and benefits Imagine having to leave your family for up to eight months at a time to work in…
Fast Facts: The Councils of Women vs. the municipal corporate utility
Last fall there was growing concern about a proposal to convert the City of Winnipeg Water and Waste Department into a stand-alone municipal utility and…
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