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Connecting Aborignal people to ‘good’ jobs
Manitoba has among the highest Aboriginal populations in Canada and it is growing at a faster rate than the non-Aboriginal population. Fifteen percent of Manitoban’s…
Shared Futures
Big Institutions and their Inner-City Neighbours Download 676.93 KB38 pages “This paper examines cases of institutional expansion in three neighbourhoods within Winnipeg’s inner city. In…
Making employment work
Connecting multi-barriered Manitobans to good jobs Download 891.25 KB 52 pages
Fast Facts: Bill C-10: The truth about consequences
On September 20, 2011, a few months after winning a majority election, Stephen Harper’s Justice Minister, Rob Nicholson, tabled Bill C-10, the Safe Streets and…
Bill C-10: The truth about consequences
This report was produced with the collaboration of Ogijiita Pimachiowin Kinamatwin, The Community Education Development Association, The Canadian CED Network, Maintain the Momentum and Make…
CCPA Review: Reducing Poverty Among the Single Non-Elderly Population of Manitoba
Download 313.04 KB “This report shows that the single non-elderly poor in Manitoba experience the greatest depth of poverty yet receive the lowest per capita…
Winnipeg City Council Misses the Bus – Again
Council’s recent decision to increase bus fare by a total of 25 cents by June 2012 adds to a growing list of wrong-headed policies moving…
Cuba: Going beyond borders to scale up access to universal health care
I have just read Errol Black and Jim Silver’s review of the book Revolutionary Doctors (“Revolutionary Health Care,” CCPA-Manitoba Fast Facts, January 4, 2012). I agree with what…
Stranded in suburbia
Planning for aging populations Download 3.68 MB One of the most significant demographic changes in modern history is on the verge of occurring. Children born…
Fast Facts: Labour-Management Conflict in Brandon’s Public Sector
Chapter 2 Labour-management conflict has once again taken centre stage in the city of Brandon. The first episode involved the Brandon University Faculty Association (BUFA)…
Going Nowhere Fast: The Kenaston Boulevard Project and the Inadequacy of Roadway Expansion in Reducing Winnipeg’s Gridlock
For many Winnipeggers, the news from Main Street last week was long overdue. On Wednesday, city council voted in favour of a preliminary design to…
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