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Work Life: Provinces, including Manitoba are richer than they think
Across Canada, initial provincial budget projections early in the pandemic showed provinces would be struggling with large deficits for years to come. Since 2020-2021, these…
Fast Facts: Remembering Don Sullivan
Don Sullivan was an environmentalist, best described as an ecosocialist, and a highly skilled political activist. He played a lead role in many environmental campaigns…
Work Life: A Roadmap for Adult Education in Manitoba
Manitoba is awash with problems. Many have been allowed to grow for decades. There is no quick fix. However, one part of a longer-term solution—and…
Fast Facts: Manitobans with disabilities deserve income supports with dignity
Manitoba’s the Disability Support Act establishes a framework for providing financial assistance outside the Employment and Income Assistance (EIA) system to persons with prolonged and…
Flush with cash
In March 2022 we published a report predicting that most provinces would be in fiscal surplus territory by the end of the 2021–22 fiscal year…
Flush with cash
This is a remarkable story of economic recovery from the depths of the COVID-19 lockdown impacts. The next chapter will be written by the provinces as they decide what to do with their unexpected budget surpluses.
Fast Facts: Jim Silver has built a remarkable career as an academic, author, and activist.
Jim’s academic studies started at the University of Winnipeg, where he graduated with a B.A. (Honours) in Political Science in 1975. He went on to…
Tribute to Journalist Frances Russell
Before there was a CCPA-Manitoba, there was Frances Russell. Her journalistic career started in the 1960s and took her to Ottawa, Toronto, and Victoria. But…
Grassroots and anti-oppressive approaches to safety
Download 680.59 KB28 pages This report was initiated by the South Valour Residents Association (SVRA), which was formed in 2020 in the west end of…
Building the Best Adult Education System in Canada
A Roadmap and Action Plan for Manitoba Download 665.17 KB 39 pages Uneath This Buried Treasure found that Adult Learning Centres and Adult Liteacy Programs…
Fast Facts: Lions Place Housing Crisis
What the Manitoba Government can and must do Since learning on July 26, 2022 that their home would soon be listed on the private market,…
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