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Fast Facts: The Harper ‘apology’: Residential schools and Bill C-10
We learn fairly early in life that when you apologize for something that you have done wrong, it is expected that your apology will be…
Francophone Immigrants and the Housing Crisis in Winnipeg
Many obstacles confront newcomers in their efforts to integrate into Canadian society. Their search for employment is often frustrated by the failure to recognize their…
Fast Facts: Revolutionary Health Care
Each of us read Steve Brouwer’s Revolutionary Doctors (MR Press, 2011) the same week the media reported average gross fee-for-service earnings of Manitoba doctors at…
Fast Facts: Selling City Golf Courses to Developers
A Permanent Loss October 26, 2011 was the deadline for developers to make proposals for seven large pieces of prime real estate scattered across Winnipeg. …
Community tranformation from an economic costing perspective
The link between area of residence and places of employment in a disadvantaged community Download 858.04 KB In this study, we investigated the correlation between…
Fast Facts: How NOT to plan a city
Two issues of concern have recently arisen at City Hall – the twenty-cent transit fare hike — just passed by council — and a new…
State of the Inner City Report 2011
Neoliberalism: What a difference a theory makes Download 2.04 MB Attachments 2010 SIC long haul-web.pdf SIC_2009_report_120909.pdf SIC Report 2008.pdf State_of_the_Inner_City2007.pdf
Fast Facts: Connecting the Dots
The OECD Report on Poverty and Winnipeg’s Inner City There has been much progress in addressing the issues facing Winnipeg’s inner city in recent years,…
Fast Facts: “Housing” that will lead to a need for more social housing
After years of complaining that Canada is the only G-8 country without a National Housing Strategy, housing advocates are finally getting their way. The federal…
Fast Facts: What you need to know about the Brandon University strike
Professors, instructors, librarians and administrative staff on strike at Brandon University have been accused in the press of being selfish and irresponsible. Although it’s not…
Fast Facts: Bill C-10 Fact Sheet
The John Howard Society Bill C-10, an omnibus bill, contains nine separate pieces of previously failed legislation. In addition to creating a number of new…
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