POLICY FIX
A blog for progressive Canadians by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Manitoba Office
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Kevin Rebeck’s Response to Bill C-377
Kevin Rebeck, of the Manitoba Federation of Labour, sent this letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper regarding Bill C-377. This Bill would require labour organizations to submit detailed financial information covering salaries, revenues and expenses each year, to be …
Thinking Alternatives
This weekend the federal NDP will elect a new leader. Whoever party members choose to lead the NDP should take seriously Tony Judt’s 2010 book titled Ill Fares the Land. Judt argues that our inability to stop the destructive policies …
So You Think You Can Budget?
The CCPA has developed an online tool that will let you test your budgeting skills. If you were the Government of Canada, what would you choose? Find out how well you can budget by selecting the programs you …
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 …
The Harper Government’s Contempt for Canadian Workers
by Errol Black Shortly after being elected with a majority government on May 2, 2011 the Harper government began to show their contempt for the rights of Canadian workers and their organizations. On June 16, 2011, Harper’s government …
Sign the Petition: Preserve social housing!
FRAPRU, supported by its allies of the Red Tent Campaign, is circulating a petition to put pressure on Stephen Harper’s Conservative government to support and protect social and public housing. Across Canada, hundreds of thousands of co-op, non-profit and public housing units …
Bill C-10: The Truth About Consequences
This report was produced with the collaboration of Ogijiita Pimatiswin Kinamatwin, The Community Education Development Association, The Canadian CED Network, Maintain the Momentum and Make Poverty History Manitoba. For a copy of the full report, please click here. On September 20, 2011, a few months …
Report Release – Bill C-10: The Truth About Consequences
Thursday March 1, 2012 @ 1:30 The John Howard Society of Manitoba 3rd Floor, 583 Ellice Avenue. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Mb. and The John Howard Society of Manitoba, Inc. will release their report: Bill C-10: …
“Radicals” need to turn up the heat.
By Lynne Fernandez I was listening to the CBC Radio business reporter explaining what was happening at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He was impressed by the number of billionaires who were present (I don’t remember …
Where’s the Compassion? The Harper Government’s Approach to Employment Insurance
by Errol Black Canada’s Employment Insurance (EI) System has been much in the news in recent weeks. The main issues are long delays in processing EI claims resulting from the Harper government’s attempts to automate and depersonalize the …
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