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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 after contract negotiations between Manitoba…
A Critical Assessment of Virtual Mental Health Care for Rural Nova Scotians
Download 1.17 MB8 pages The COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating impacts on mental health and healthcare systems across Nova Scotia and the country. While demand for mental health services escalated…
A Made in Manitoba Crisis
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press July 15, 2023 On July 11 a rally to “Save Public Health Care” took place, timed to coincide with the meetings of the…
Manitoba Government Cuts Undermine Safety and Justice
As the Winnipeg Free Press reported on June 27, 2023, the Manitoba government has recently earmarked $3.4 million to add 19 Crown prosecutors and six additional staff to Prosecution Services….
High cost of austerity
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press June 23, 2023 After winning the 2016 provincial election, then-premier Brian Pallister moved Manitoba’s department of Indigenous and northern affairs under the municipal…
Federal wealth tax would raise over $30 billion in first year: economist
VANCOUVER —A federal wealth tax could provide ongoing revenue for much-needed investments in public programs and help rein in extreme economic inequality, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives BC Office’s…
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 when it abandoned the plan…
The Missing Piece in Health and Education
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press May 1, 2023 Although recent media coverage of our healthcare and education problems here in Manitoba has been very good and quite wide-ranging,…
It’s time for a robust precarious work strategy for BC
The rise of the “gig economy” and on-demand work through platforms like Uber has ignited public debate about precarious work and what makes a “good job.” Policymakers have been slow…
Response to Chief Smyth’s citation of CCPA MB published research
On March 23th, 2023 Winnipeg Police Chief Danny Smyth posted on the Winnipeg Police Service substack a statement in response to Fadi Ennab’s research on police in schools. Fadi Ennab…
Why Don’t We Just Care?
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press March 30, 2023 In “A Tale of Two Sentences” (March 18, 2023 Winnipeg Free Press) Dean Pritchard reports on the stories of two…
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