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UNSPUN: Remembering Privitization of Home Care
Brian Pallister has said that if his Conservative Party wins this month’s provincial election, he will not rule out the possibility of experimenting with privatization…
UNSPUN: Manitoba Provincial Election Commentary E-Book 2016
Download 1.48 MB48 pages Welcome to the UNSPUN E-book, a compilation of the election commentary produced by Research Associates, community partners and staff at the…
UNSPUN: Four Political Platforms on Poverty
Manitobans rate themselves to be a generous andcaring society. When natural disasters strike, we are the first to respond. Manitobans are Canada’s most reliable donors…
UNSPUN: Childcare and the Manitoba Election
Childcare is a surprisingly important election issue. It figured prominently in the 2015 federal election, and is playing a role in the 2016 Manitoba provincial…
UNSPUN: Ask them about Manitoba’s Poorly Housed
What are provincial politicians going to do about poorly housed Manitobans? One third of Manitoba renters live in core housing need, meaning they spend over…
UNSPUN: Student Issues are Election Issues
Lazy, entitled, apathetic, disengaged, these are just some of the words that are used to mis-categorize and label post-secondary students. The reality of the average…
Fast Fasts: Federal Budget provides opportunities for social housing in Manitoba
Budget 2016 provides some welcome news for nearly 600,000 Canadian families who depend on social housing. The budget allocates $2.3 billion dollars over two years…
UNSPUN: Poverty Policy Choices and Winnipeg’s Inner City
Provincial government policy can be designed to punish those in poverty, or to reduce poverty. Both approaches have been tried in Manitoba, the first in…
UNSPUN: Mainstream media, reconciliation and Wab Kinew
Winnipeg Free Press columnist Gordon Sinclair’s depiction of Wab Kinew is offensive with damaging implications that reach beyond the election (WFP March 12th and 26th,…
UNSPUN: Communities leading the way need provincial support
The province has invested widely in community development and “place-based” approaches to renewal and poverty reduction, with many positive results. Place-based approaches such as these…
UNSPUN: Federal Budget 2016 – What it means for Manitoba
On March 22 the federal Liberals delivered a budget that signals the end of a long period of austerity. Past Liberal and Conservative federal governments…
Social Balance in Manitoba
In 1958, Ontario born, Harvard University Professor, John Kenneth Galbraith published The Affluent Society. Galbraith used the term “social balance” to describe the inter relationship…
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