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Fast Facts: Looking critically at Harper Government’s economic record
The federal Conservative government has been making much of its economic record in recent weeks. Its campaign slogan, front and center on its website and…
Fast Facts: A Real Energy Strategy Can Create Jobs and Save Government Money
The energy strategy debate thus far in the federal election has focussed on the future of the oil sands and pipeline politics. The Federal Tories…
Fast Facts: Poverty – not present in this election campaign
First published by CBC online, October 8th, 2015 If you’re following the federal election campaign you would think that poverty in Canada has been eliminated.…
Addressing Core Housing Need in Canada
Download 3.83 MB 54 pages Social housing is at risk in Canada. Just a few decades ago, Canada had an internationally recognized social housing portfolio,…
Fast Facts: Many Canadians in need of good housing
Housing markets are not able to produce the accommodation needed by many sections of the population. Consequently public support and investment have been necessary to…
Fast Facts: Thunderbird House has potential to unite
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press October 9th, 2015 When award winning author Joseph Boyden announced he would donate half of his One Summit…
The tough on crime strategy has not made our communities safer
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The Impact of the Harper Government’s “Tough on Crime” Strategy
Hearing from Frontline Workers Download 521.95 KB37 pages Crime rates in Canada have been steadily dropping for over a decade, while prison populations have been…
Fast Facts: The Tough on Crime Strategy Has Not Made Our Communities Safer
Crime rates in Canada have been steadily declining for more than a decade, yet prison populations have been increasing in recent years. Commentators have attributed…
Focus on Food to Take Pressure off Health Care System
By some estimates, health care expenditures will account for about 80 percent of provincial program spending by 2030. This means fewer dollars for other priorities. …
The Social Determinants of Health in Manitoba
2nd Edition “This 2nd Edition of the Social Determinants of Health in Manitoba is a timely reminder that the health of people is determined more…
Why Vote Childcare in 2015
What Manitobans Need to Know Thirteen federal elections ago, in 1970, the Royal Commission on the Status of Women recommended a national childcare program. Fast-forward…
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