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Community Economies and Jobs to Suffer with Federal Cuts to Co-operative Development
PDF version by Brendan Reimer On April 13, 2012, the Canadian Co-operative Association was informed by the Government of Canada about the termination of the Co-op Development Initiatives along with significant cuts to the Rural and Co-operatives Secretariat. …
Budget 2012: Deficit Budget Creates Surplus of Spin
PDF version by Lynne Fernandez and Shauna MacKinnon We went to the provincial legislature yesterday to review the budget and prepare our analysis. Our pre-budget predictions were accurate. We found a little bit of this and that; nothing of significance …
Canadians Deserve “A Budget for the Rest of Us”
PDF version Read the full Alternative Federal Budget. Lire l’Alternative Budgétaire Pour le Gouvernement Fédéral by Shauna MacKinnon As the federal government begins to reveal tidbits about what Canadians can expect in the 2012 federal budget, many of us …
Election 2011 UNSPUN
Report on the Manitoba Economy 2011 Economist Fletcher Baragar’s report on our economy explains how well Manitoba has weathered the current economic storm blowing across the globe. Although we’ve done well compared to other parts of Canada, …
Election 2011 UnSpun
Manitoba Employers Council and Manitoba Chambers of Commerce layout an agenda that is long on rhetoric but short on good ideas by Errol Black On August 29, 2011 the Manitoba Employers Council (MEC) released a report titled, Are …
RBC Upgrades Manitoba Economic Forecast
by Errol Black Buried at the bottom of the business section in today’s Winnipeg Free Press is an update on Canada’s economic prospects. A more appropriate headline for the Winnipeg Free Press report might have been “Banks take gloomier outlook on jobs, …
August 2011 Labour Force Survey – Manitoba Weathers the Storm
Errol Black The August Labour Force Survey was released on September 9th. Although Manitoba fares better than most, the results are not encouraging. A number of analysts have noted in recent weeks that the lack of growth and job creation …
Election 2011 UnSpun
A Clock Worth Watching The editorial in September 7th’s Winnipeg Free Press about the Canadian Tax Payers Federation’s “debt clock” conjured up a funny image for me: a group of people watching a free-floating number growing while they …
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