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Since forming in 1997, the Manitoba Office has established a reputation for working in collaboration with the community to conduct quality research that advances social justice and environmental sustainability.
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The Cost of Poverty in Manitoba
Health costs $347 million Crime $197 million Opportunity Costs $1.6 billion Intergenerational $324 million Total cost of poverty in Manitoba $2.5 billion Cost per Manitoban $1,952 Poverty cost as a percent of Manitoba’s GDP…
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The Monitor – Spring 2024
Today, more than 80 per cent of Canada’s population lives in cities. They’re the engines of economic growth, but far too many cities are stuck…
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No need to sacrifice life’s pleasures
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press March 25, 2024
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Building the trades
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press, Tuesday March 19, 2024
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Tax cuts benefit men more than women
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press March 8, 2024
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Manitoba tax cuts will intensify the gender pay gap: New analysis
WINNIPEG TREATY ONE—On International Women’s Day and with a new Manitoba budget set to be released on April 2, 2024, the Canadian Centre for Policy…
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Revenue is needed to pay for Manitoba’s pressing problems
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press, March 6, 2024
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Cory Doctorow – escaping the enshittocene May 2
Why everything is terrible & what to do about it Cory Doctorow is a science fiction writer, activist and journalist. Amongst several worksk, he is…
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Thinking Inside the Box
Despite years of advocacy by Manitoba’s Right to Housing Coalition urging government to increase the supply of social housing, politicians seem convinced that the social…
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The economic benefits of minimum wage
Economic development from the bottom-up
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Austerity and income assistance
The effects of austerity measures of the previous Conservative provincial government in Manitoba were very visible in sectors such as health care and education. Virtually…
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Basic research is the key to future progress
Decades before most of us had ever heard the phrase “novel coronavirus,” researchers at universities around the world were advancing our understanding of vaccines. Their…
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