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Cutting straight to the bone: Austerity and Manitoba crown corporations
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press on August 5, 2023 On July 19, workers at Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries (MBLL) began rotating strike action…
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“Parental choice” is a dog-whistle—let’s recognize it as such
It’s less about choice, and more about privilege, privatization, populism, and patriarchy
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Settling accounts: the privatization of MTS
The history of public and private ownership of telecommunications services is critical to understanding how government policy can, and should, protect quality service and good,…
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For Whom the Bell Tolls:
The Privatization of Manitoba Telecom Services and its Impacts Download 842.47 KB72 pages The world of telecommunications has continued to undergo “a sea-change into something…
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Bell and MTS Timeline
Based on “For Whom the Bell Tolls: The Privatization of the Manitoba Telephone Services and its Impacts” by Doug Smith 1880 Bell Canada founded. A…
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Shapeshifting P3s in Manitoba
Previously published in the Brandon Sun May 9, 2023 Five schools for the price of four – this is the deal the Pallister government got…
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Public sector leading the way on reducing pay gaps
But inflation and low government wage offers threaten to erase those gains.
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Public sector strike: It’s about how inflation is gouging wages
Federal public sector workers haven’t seen an inflation-adjusted raise since 2007—the worst of any industry in Canada.
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Inflation-adjusted school funding is down $1,200 per student since the Ford government came to power
The ideological agenda against public education is in high gear—with funding cuts coupled with structural governance changes.
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Why did Canada’s housing and dental benefits have such low take-up rates?
We need to do better at getting benefits to those who need them.
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How Feminist is the 2023 Federal Budget? It isn’t.
The tension between this federal government’s neoliberal economic roots and social justice ambitions has always been evident.
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A hit-and-miss budget: Canada’s 2023 federal budget moves on climate and dental—but avoids almost everything else
Investments in a clean economy, dental care, and a GST top-up stole the show; many other needed investments have gone missing.
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