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Fast Facts: Critique systems, not people
EIA, CERB & COVID-19 We are living in unprecedented times – as we battle a global pandemic, resources have become increasingly scarce…
Fast Facts: Now, more than ever, we need Rent Assist helping Manitobans
Rent Assist is a made-in-Manitoba solution to housing need: a province-wide rent supplement program that helps lower-income renters in the private market…
Fast Facts: Palliser Blaming, Punishing the Poor
This past week saw a new low with our provincial government singling out and imposing shame and burden on lower income families…
BC Budget 2020 stays the course, missing opportunities to ramp up crucial social and environmental investments
VICTORIA — In its third budget, the BC government delivered on the final year of investment commitments set out in its ambitious…
Three decades lost: not even a 1% reduction in child poverty in Nova Scotia since 1989
It has been 30 years since the all-party resolution in the House of Commons to eliminate poverty among Canadian children by the…
Fast Facts: Time is Now for 2020 Vision
Need Manitoba Climate & Social Action Budget First published in the Winnipeg Free Press January 23, 2020 According to United Nations scientists…
Three decades lost
Less than 1% reduction in child poverty in Nova Scotia since 1989 CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Halifax – In…
Fast Facts: Poverty and Education in a Winnipeg Suburb
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press December 5, 2019 The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) scores were released this week,…
What to Expect from Toronto’s Poverty Reduction Strategy: Lessons from the Global South
Full text availiable here. Poverty reduction strategies (PRSs) have proliferated across Canada in recent years at different levels of government. In this…
Reducing Poverty to Improve Educational Outcomes
What a School Division and a Local Community Can do Together Download 906.23 KB36 pages Many Manitobans express concern when international ratings…
Fast Facts: From the Throne to the Kitchen Table
Are the priorities of the Manitoba government in line with Manitobans’ more broadly? This is the question asked last week by a…