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Work Life: The Living Wage
An idea whose time has come Minimum-wage workers are not just teenagers working at fast-food restaurants after school. According to the Manitoba Federation of Labour,…
A Family Living Wage for Manitoba
2013 Update Download 682.63 KB 12 pages With approximately 38,600 Manitobans earning minimum wage ($10.45/hour) and fully 73,700 Manitobans making only 10% more, we need…
Rite of Passage
Graduating from high school is a rite of passage, but for students at risk, high school can be an oppressive and intimidating place. Programs like…
Fast Facts: Rite of Passage
Graduating from high school is a rite of passage, but for students at risk, high school can be an oppressive and intimidating place. Programs like…
Upstream thinking, healthy society and reviving Canadian democracy
Social factors play a significant role in determining whether we will be healthy or ill. Our health care is but one element of what makes…
Work Life: The Canada Jobs Grant
Perpetuating Aboriginal Exclusion There are now many examples of policies introduced by the federal government that will have significant implications for Indigenous sovereignty, preservation of…
Work Life: Academic Freedom
Ivory tower privilege or public interest? The University of Manitoba narrowly averted its third faculty strike in eighteen years in late October, a strike that…
Work Life: For the Care We All Deserve
Building Better Long-Term Care in Manitoba The long-term care (LTC) sector in Manitoba is facing serious challenges. Manitoba, like the rest of Canada, is faced…
Fast Facts: The Education Property Tax Rebate
Do we seniors really need it? This commentary was also published in the Winnipeg Free Press on Oct 17, 2013. The opposition’s unproductive filibuster of…
Work Life: Workplace Safety a motherhood issue? Not yet.
In Manitoba, messages about the importance of workplace health and safety are hard to miss. The SAFE Work campaigns run year-round by the Workers Compensation…
Fast Facts: Manitoba Needs a Public Childcare System
On September 19, Manitoba launched an on-line consultation on the province’s next multi-year plan for childcare. Since 2002, Manitoba has had two five-year plans, each…
Fast Facts: “Indians Wear Red”
Aboriginal Street Gangs in Winnipeg They were kids when they started. Teenagers locked up in the youth detention centre, watching movies about American street gangs.…
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