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Fast Facts: Proposed City Development Fee Long Overdue
Winnipeg City Council is currently considering a development fee to ensure that suburban growth in our city pays its fair share of city-wide infrastructure needs.…
Fast Facts: Vulnerable Manitobans going without daily bread
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press Oct. 19, 2016 as “Manitobans hungrier for meatier food allowance”. If you only had $3.96 a day to…
Fast Facts: Keep Post-Secondary Education Tuition Legislation
First published on CBC website October 14, 2016 Post-secondary education is a public good that all Manitobans value and should have access to. Unfortunately, Premier…
Work Life: Economic security, democratic rights and the secret ballot
Democracy. The word carries a deep meaning for citizens of nations rooted in western democratic traditions. The full measure of the word far exceeds the…
Fast Facts: Lessons from Syrian refugee resettlement in Winnipeg
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press Oct 11, 2016 As the Syrian refugee crisis continues, so do Canada’s — and Manitoba’s — obligations toward…
Work Life: Cities and Civic Workers
The Union Role in Building Better Cities Book Review Although Carlo Fanelli’s book Megacity Malaise: Neoliberalism, Public Services and Labour in Toronto is not about…
Fast Facts: Honouring a Quiet Warrior – Larry Morrissette
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press, Sept 28, 2016 The recent death of Larry Morrissette is a major loss, not only to his family…
Fast Facts: Balancing Convenience with Social Responsibility
Liquor regulation in Manitoba A new Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives MB report: Balancing Convenience with Social Responsibility: Liquor regulation in Manitoba examines the way…
Balancing Convenience with Social Responsibility
Liquor regulation in Manitoba Download 1.44 MB44 pages New research by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) Manitoba office concludes that Manitoba’s liquor sales…
Summary Evaluation of The Madison Congregate Housing
Download 1.58 MB12 pages This study evaluated The Madison, an 85 unit congregate housing apartment located in Winnipeg Manitoba, using qualitative methods and a cost-comparison…
Work Life: City of Winnipeg should study benefits of in-house waste collection
This fall Winnipeg City Council will determine the future of waste and recycling collection in our city. Current contracts with Emterra Environmental and Progressive Waste…
It’s Time to Give Back to Manitoba’s North
Download 1.14 MB12 pages A new Errol Black Chair report released today examines how events areunfolding in Churchill and The Pas. It puts these events…
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