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Fast Facts: Policy Alternatives in the Face of Rising Prices:
Who will Bear the Burden? Media headlines and price tags alike are sending the message loud and clear: The cost of living is increasing, with…
Education Property Tax Cuts in Manitoba
Examining Bill 71 Download 473.42 KB24 pages In April 2021, Scott Fielding, Minister of Finance for the Manitoba government, introduced Bill 71. This bill was…
Fast Facts: Why Manitoba needs no-cost contraception
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press, March 14, 2022
Understanding and Responding to the Rising Cost of Living in Manitoba:
An Update for Workers, Lower-income Households and Allied Organizations Download 878.27 KB48 pages Media headlines and price tags alike are sending the message loud and…
Fast Facts: Community vision for Portage Place
The clamour around the future of Portage Place has quieted down to a chirp, for the moment, closer to the timbre of the sparrows that…
Fast Facts: It’s time for a COVID-19 Public Inquiry
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press February 24, 2022
The State of the Inner City Report 2021: Placing Community at the Heart of the Recovery from COVID
Download 8.11 MB108 pages Since the 2020 State of the Inner City report, which looked at the impact of the first wave of the COVID-19…
Fast Facts: Placing Community at the Heart of the Recovery from COVID
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press, February 23, 2022 While the COVID-19 pandemic shows no sign of ending anytime soon, public debates have shifted…
Fast Facts: Financing Education in Manitoba: Equity, Adequacy and Innovation
Historically in Canada[1], education was seen as a private good. Parents paid most of the fees and school for most kids ended by about grade…
CCPA Manitoba welcoming new Senior Researcher Niall Harney
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Manitoba office is pleased to announce the appointment of Niall Harney as the Errol Black Chair of Labour…
Work Life: Remembering Jay Cowan
In the late 1970s, it was almost impossible to open a newspaper or listen to a local news broadcast and not run up against Jay…
Fast Facts: Adult Education— Unearth this Buried Treasure
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press January 26, 2022 Adult education in Manitoba is a largely buried treasure. Outstanding work is done throughout the…
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