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A blog for progressive Canadians by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Manitoba Office
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CCPA-MB Fundraising Brunch with Justice Sinclair
PLEASE NOTE: The Brunch with Justice Sinclair has been cancelled, and will be rescheduled. Please stay tuned for more information. Justice Murray Sinclair, the chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, has graciously agreed to be a guest …
PUB’s Lack of Vision is Risky for Manitoba
The PUB’s July 2001 Order regarding Manitoba Hydro’s proposed rate increase has received quite a bit of media coverage. Pundits have used it to suggest that the government is mismanaging Manitoba Hydro, but their arguments are not defensible, …
The Implications of the Public Utilities Board Report on Manitoba Hydro
PDF version On July 29, 2011, the Public Utilities Board (PUB) of Manitoba issued an interim Order denying Manitoba Hydro requests to “finalize existing interim rates and for an additional 0.9% rate increase for all customer classes, effective …
Remembering Jack Layton
The CCPA-MB extends condolences to the family and friends of Jack Layton, federal leader of the NDP, who passed away early this morning. Errol Black, chair of the CCPA-MB Board, remembers Jack Layton. I first met Jack Layton …
Spread the words: Inequality Agenda
In today’s Fast Facts about the march of inequality making its way throughout the world, Errol Black and Jim Silver use a term I like very much: the INEQUALITY AGENDA. This agenda – to ensure that wealth continues …
The Inequality Agenda and the Specious Ideas that Support It
In June, 1998, Toronto’s Centre for Social Justice published a report by Armine Yalnizyan on the dimensions and implications of growing inequalities in the distribution of incomes in Canada. In November, 2006, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives …
Do Social Mixing Policies Work?
by Jonathan Hildebrand PDF version Does social mixing as public policy result in more equitable cities, more culturally diverse neighbourhoods, and less social marginalization? These are some of the goals to which social mixing policies have aspired, but …
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