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Fast Facts: Austerity is bad for your health
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press March 23, 2019 as Three thousand patients in a bind. On March 2, a news release issued by…
The importance of community health centres in BC’s primary care reforms
What the research tells us Download 281.3 KB9 pages As British Columbia moves to support a role for community health centres (CHCs) within a larger agenda…
Saskatchewan’s Failing Report Card on Child Care
Download 765.97 KB16 pages Canada ranks very poorly among peer nations for overall quality and rates of access to regulated child care, with Saskatchewan ranking…
Fast Facts: Valuing the Voice of People Living with Disabilities in Manitoba
Recently the Manitoba Government made a decision to reject a core funding application from the Manitoba League of Persons with Disabilities (MLPD) for the 2018-19…
The right to the city as a foundation for social justice
The right to the city comes out of critical theory, a branch of intellectual thought originating in the early 20th century at the University of Frankfurt.…
Fast Facts: The Deep Roots of the Meth Crisis
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press Dec 19, 2018 Winnipeg’s meth crisis continues to skyrocket. I think a case can be made that in…
Why is Milk So Expensive in First Nations Communities?
Access to and Affordability of Milk in Northern Manitoba Download 1.48 MB20 pages This study finds milk is significantly costlier in First Nations communities than…
A prescription for savings
Federal revenue options for pharmacare and their distributional impacts on households, businesses and governments Download 1.11 MB 45 pages Pharmacare is high on Canada’s political…
Assurance-médicaments et partage de la richesse
Selon un nouveau rapport, un régime universel d’assurance-médicaments à financement progressif permettrait aux familles d’économiser des centaines de dollars par année 5 décembre 2018 CLIQUEZ ICI…
Une prescription d’économies
Options de recettes fédérales pour un régime national universel d’assurance-médicaments et leurs effets distributifs sur les ménages, les entreprises et les gouvernements Download 200.7 KB7…
Alternative Federal Budget 2019
No Time to Lose Download 1.26 MB84 pages With the country facing significant and unpredictable headwinds going into another federal election year, the 2019 Alternative…
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