A Made in Manitoba Crisis

Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press July 15, 2023

A large crowd of people joined the Save Public Health Care Rally, which went from the corner of Broadway and Main to the Union Centre — across the street from the Fort Garry Hotel, July 11, 2023. (Mike Thiessen / Winnipeg Free Press)

New report chronicles job loss impacts of privatization of MTS & acquisition by Bell 

For Immediate Release (Winnipeg, Treaty One). A new report published today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives documents the economic impacts of the Manitoba Telecom Service (MTS) privatization and subsequent acquisition by Bell. 

Response to P3 lobby: letter to the editor

Further to the P3 debate: CCPA Manitoba research and analysis is debunking corporate rhetoric and damaging public policy in Manitoba. 

Economic inequality in Manitoba almost doubling since 2016 – new report

The Missing Piece in Health and Education



By Jim Silver

Shapeshifting P3s in Manitoba 

Previously published in the Brandon Sun May 9, and by the Winnipeg Free Press May 16,2023

By Molly McCracken and Niall Harney

Tired of Waiting: Rectifying Manitoba’s Pay Gap

Response to Chief Smyth’s citation of CCPA MB published research 

Growing farmland inequality in the Prairies poses problems for all Canadians

By Annette Desmarais

First published in The Conversation February 28, 2023

Real estate is a hot topic in Canada. Most Canadians are acutely aware of how home prices and rents have skyrocketed in the last 15 years or so. In large cities, investor ownership of condos and houses has attracted the attention of policymakers and the public at large, prompting the federal government to crack down on foreign buyers.

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 criminal charges for weapons and drug offences. Both men were being supported by Morberg House, a residential recovery centre, and by all accounts had made great strides in moving forward in their lives. When it came to sentencing, however, the judge handed the Indigenous man a federal prison sentence and gave the non-Indigenous man a conditional sentence that enabled him to remain in the community and continue working with the recovery centre.