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Manitoba Budget 2026/26 must build resilience from the bottom up
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press February 28, 2025 The upcoming Manitoba budget should prepare for the economic uncertainty created by U.S. tariffs by building resilience in the local economy and upholding Manitoba’s values of care for …
Response to the Latest Gas Tax Cut Extension: Revenue needed to transition to affordable, renewable energy 
September 26, 2024 Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Manitoba For Immediate Release (Winnipeg, Treaty One): On September 25th, Premier Kinew announced the gas tax would get extended for three more months until December 31, 2024. This is …
North End Connect: Transformative Research Toward Digital Inclusion
Shauna MacKinnon with Joel Templeman and Shanleigh Chartrand North End Connect was established during the COVID-19 pandemic by organizations situated on Selkirk Avenue. They were concerned about the pandemic’s impact on low-income households in the neighbourhood who were …
Adult Basic Education in Manitoba: “It’s Like, Life Changing!”
What could lead people to say such things as, “I can physically, like on every level, physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually, feel myself changing and transforming,” and “my peers, they see a difference, they see me more open and, …
Manitoba should end gas tax holiday
Press release sent on behalf of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Manitoba, Manitoba Energy Justice Coalition and the Wilderness Committee Manitoba
Open Letter to Premier Wab Kinew, Minister of Finance Adrien Sala and the Government of Manitoba: Invest in Manitoba and reverse the tax cuts
Add your signature here to endorse Open Letter to Premier Wab Kinew and the Government of Manitoba: Invest in Manitoba and reverse the tax cuts Dear Premier Kinew and the Manitoba Government, The public services that Manitobans count …
More than 20,000 committed child care spaces not yet delivered
Manitoba far from meeting its child care promises
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