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Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press September 3, 2024
Railway workers’ right to strike compromised by corporate regulatory capture
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Time to reinstate the Manitoba gas tax
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press August 28, 2024
Does “green trade” have a future?
As the world bears witness to a proliferation of worrying climate news, from record-breaking heat waves to hurricanes to forest fires, it also seems to see a…
Surging youth unemployment demands our full attention
Young people have been hit hard by unemployment this summer, according to July’s labour force report. With the school year set to begin, many young…
World Court decision on Israel’s occupation takes aim at Canadian trade policy
On July 19, 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a groundbreaking advisory opinion affirming what Palestinians, legal scholars, and many observers have argued for years—Israel’s…
Political pragmatism vs. poverty reduction
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press April 22, 2024
Leave the patchwork for the quilts: The case for national pharmacare
FEBRUARY 2, 2015 The Canadian Health Coalition (CHC) was founded in 1979 as a public advocacy organization dedicated to the preservation and improvement of medicare.…
The Praxis Affair
This is a cautionary story of what might happen if we return to the bad old days of the RCMP Security Service, which was caught…
Greenbelt scandal: What does “accountability” mean?
There’s no sign that anybody will face real consequences for the $10 billion giveaway
Is Manitoba willing to accept nuclear waste risks?
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press August 2, 2024
It’s time to move on from the Houston Model
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press August 1, 2024
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