POLICY FIX
A blog for progressive Canadians by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Manitoba Office
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How to really help Manitoban families: Build a universal childcare system
By Susan Prentice Manitoba’s childcare system is staggering to meet the needs of parents and children, and recent signs give little confidence the new provincial government will respond effectively. Over a dozen community groups who are ready to …
Reconciliation Lives Here: The State of the Inner City Report 2016
Artwork by Kenneth Lavallee, Blanket Project Main and Logan 2016 By Niigaan Sinclair, Tamara Margaret Dicks, Timothy Maton, This year’s State of the Inner City Report tackles arguably the most important issue of our time: healing and reconciling …
Don’t cut Neighbourhoods Alive!
By Jim Silver The provincial government has halted funding for Neighbourhoods Alive! This is a serious mistake. Neighbourhoods Alive! (NA) is a provincial government program that funds community development initiatives in thirteen low-income urban areas in Manitoba, including …
Portage la Prairie P3 decision fails the public interest test
By Paul Moist Pursuant to new provincial and federal effluent guidelines, the City of Portage la Prairie is required to upgrade its wastewater facilities, known as the Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF). The new Public-Private Partnership (P3) project …
Responding to the Fentanyl crisis: Constructing better drug policy in Manitoba
First published on CBC online edition Dec 3, 2016 By Ellen Smirl Increasing tragic deaths from Fentanyl are raising calls to deal with this crisis. Evidence shows that controlling supply and criminalizing drug users does not address the …
Manitoba by the Numbers: Population
The first in a series Compiled by Micah Zerbe, CCPA MB Research Affiliate Population indicators 1,303,900 Manitoba’s population estimated by Statistics Canada as of January 1, 2016.[1] 16,200 The amount the Manitoba Bureau of Statistics estimates Statistics Canada …
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