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Opposition Parties Need to Stand Firm Against Tax Cuts for the Rich
The 2023 Manitoba budget proposes over half a billion dollars in tax cuts, but many Manitobans won’t see a dime, while the richest Manitobans will get the lion’s share of…
Make no mistake, Manitoba Budget tax cuts are a gift to the rich
Previously published in the Brandon Sun and The Winnipeg Free Press, March 23, 2023 The 2023 Manitoba Budget released on March 7 announced close almost $1 billion in revenue cuts….
Fact-Checking Manitoba Budget Claims
1. Claim: “Budget 2023 removes 47,400 low-income Manitobans from the tax rolls and saves the average family $1,000” Impact: More of the Basic Personal Amount tax change money will go…
Budget 2023/24 Does not Make Up for Seven Years of Health Care Cuts and Privatization
Manitoba health care is at a crossroads. From emergency care to home care, the entire system is at a breaking point caused by Pallister-era decisions to close emergency rooms and…
More risky liquor privatization legislation introduced by PC government
The Stefanson government’s full-on privatization of provincial liquor sales went into overdrive last week with the introduction of Bill 30. The new legislation provides a five-year pilot program, where select…
Manitoba releases a long-awaited homelessness strategy: It must be election time
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press Saturday March 11, 2023 The Manitoba government released its Homelessness Strategy on February 28th. The primary questions being asked by social housing advocates…
More of Budget 2023 tax changes go to Manitoba’s richest 10% than bottom 50% combined
Statistical analysis of the Manitoba Government Budget 2023 changes to the Basic Personal Amount (BPA) and income tax brackets find the top 10% are slated to get 26% of the…
Stop the Cheques, Invest in Education Instead
Previously published in the Brandon Sun and the Winnipeg Free Press March 4, 2023 The Manitoba government is playing a shell game: using federal and inflationary windfall revenue to give…
The Manitoba government’s Homeless Strategy’s goals are worryingly modest when compared to what past governments have done
The Manitoba government’s recently released Homelessness Strategy amounts to a belated recognition that to relieve the shortage of affordable housing that blunts and blights the lives of thousands of people…
Over 125 organizations and advocates demand BC enact pay equity legislation
READ THE OPEN LETTER. VANCOUVER, UNCEDED XʷMƏΘKʷƏY̓ƏM (MUSQUEAM), SḴWX̱WÚ7MESH (SQUAMISH) AND SƏLILWƏTAɬ (TSLEIL-WAUTUTH) HOMELANDS – A coalition of more than 125 leading BC organizations, academics, and advocates are calling on…
Manitoba Government Ignores Evidence For Supervised Consumption Sites
For years, Manitoba’s network of community organizations and public health and harm reduction experts have made the case for the introduction of supervised consumption sites in Manitoba. There are evidence-based…
Growing farmland inequality in the Prairies poses problems for all Canadians
First published in The Conversation February 28, 2023 Real estate is a hot topic in Canada. Most Canadians are acutely aware of how home prices and rents have skyrocketed in…
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