That’s What Unions Do
By Lynne Fernandez PDF version Back in February, 2013, CCPA-Mb put out a Fast Facts titled Six Unions: One Voice* which chronicled the many problems faced by staff at the University of Manitoba campus . We explained how …
Warning: Social housing crisis ahead
Last week, the Winnipeg Free Press ran an important feature on a federal program that funds social housing across Canada, called the operating grants program (Rent hikes loom for thousands, August 16). The program covers part of the …
Investment in Aboriginal Early Childhood Development Needed
By Kathy Mallet PDF version Doctors are demonstrating their ethical duty to patients by working towards a society in which everyone has an opportunity to lead a healthy life. Last winter, the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) and Maclean’s …
Thoughtful, committed citizens make change: Right to Housing
PDF version by Sarah Cooper Affordability of housing has been an important issue in Winnipeg for the last decade or so, with vacancy rates well below three percent and rents rising every year. In recent years, however, there …
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