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NDP budget starts reversing PC handouts for the rich
AS has been called out by academics, activists, community organizations and unions, the massive tax cuts implemented by the previous Progressive Conservative (PC) government were…
Budget 2024 falls short in addressing Canada’s low-income housing crisis: Implications for Manitoba
The Manitoba Right to Housing Coalition (RTH) and its national partner, Social Housing and Human Rights (SHHR) coalition is disappointed that Budget 2024 has failed…
Small steps not enough in adult education
It seemed for a moment as if adult basic education’s time had finally come. Premier Wab Kinew spoke publicly about its important role in moving…
The many consequences of austerity
April 8, 2024 In voting against the 2024-2027 municipal budget, Coun. Russ Wyatt stated that decades of low property taxes have resulted in “self-imposed austerity”,…
Equal pay day in Manitoba
The following is the press release and speaking notes from a new coalition acknowledging Equal Pay Day in Manitoba, featuring Jan Simpson, National President of…
Manitoba Budget Delivers on Healthcare but falls short on social deficit
For Immediate Release (Winnipeg, Treaty One Territory):
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…
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…
No need to sacrifice life’s pleasures
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press March 25, 2024
Building the trades
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press, Tuesday March 19, 2024
Tax cuts benefit men more than women
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press March 8, 2024
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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