The high cost of austerity

By Niigaan Sinclair Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press June 23, 2023 After winning the 2016 provincial election, then-premier Brian Pallister moved Manitoba’s department of Indigenous and northern affairs under the municipal relations banner — suggesting a …

August 25, 2023 Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Manitoba research, published in 2017 in collaboration with Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, suggests that the costs of the landfill search for Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran are dwarfed by …

Manitoba Government Cuts Undermine Safety and Justice

By Elizabeth Comack and Amelia Curran 

Why Don’t We Just Care?

Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press March 30, 2023 By Elizabeth Comack In “A Tale of Two Sentences” (March 18, 2023 Winnipeg Free Press) Dean Pritchard reports on the stories of two men who were facing similar …

Community vision for Portage Place

The Provincial budget should help people,planet in need

By Molly McCracken

Land Back:

Unsettling the original injustice By Andrée Forest. First published in The Monitor Nov/Dec issue Land back. Two words simple in premise and profound in meaning.  These two words get at the essence of the original injustice between our …

Lynne Fernandez Executive Policy Committee presentation November 28, 2019

Manitoba Hydro – the long view

US Democrat Bernie Sanders recently put forward a proposal to nationalize US electricity utilities. He sees nationalization of electricity production as a way to ensure that everyone can afford this essential service and he – and others, see …

Canadian Premium Sand Frac Sand Mining Project About to Hit Financial Wall

By Don Sullivan