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UNSPUN: Who’s Doing What About Poverty Reduction
For Manitoban’s concerned about poverty, there will be much to consider when sorting through political party platforms and promises in search of…
Alternative Federal Budget would lift 1.1 million out of poverty, create 520,000 jobs
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—The 2016 Alternative Federal Budget (AFB), released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), projects…
Reducing poverty and carbon emissions: lessons from Manitoba
I often get asked about alternatives to our fossil-fuelled status quo. In recent years, there have been many new projects that point…
Budget 2016: A few small drops in the bucket
Victoria – Finance Minister Mike de Jong said today the true measure of a society is its willingness to “truly make a…
Better is Always Possible
A Federal Plan to Tackle Poverty and Inequality Download 282.65 KB18 pages During the 2015 federal election campaign, the Liberal party campaigned…
Fast Facts: Fight food insecurity with income
The rise in food costs disproportionately affects the poor as food makes up a larger portion of their spending. Increased income, educational…
Work Life: Investing in Social Enterprise to reduce poverty and green house gases
A new Errol Black Chair paper explains how a combination of governmental policies and initiatives in Manitoba allows social enterprises to reduce…
How Government Support for Social Enterprise can Reduce Poverty and Greenhouse Gases
Download 773.12 KB24 pages A new Errol Black Chair paper explains how a combination of governmental policies and initiatives in Manitoba allows…
Fast Facts: Gains are being made – State of the Inner City Report 2015
It has recently been claimed in the media that nothing is working in the fight against poverty. The Canadian Centre for Policy…
State of the Inner City Report 2015
Drawing on our strengths Download 1.57 MB76 pages Poverty is deeply-rooted, spatially-concentrated, complex, often racialized, and not quickly solved. It damages, and…
Infographic: 5 lessons from Ontario’s first poverty reduction strategy
It’s been seven years since the Ontario government announced its commitment to reduce child poverty by 25 per cent between 2008 and…
Fast Facts: Community plays an important role in poverty reduction
Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press on December 4th, 2015. I teach in the Department of Urban and Inner City Studies at…