POLICY FIX
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Winnipeg’s Financial Cupboard is Bare
By Ian Hudson and Katherine Burley
Hard Times Require Bold Action at City Hall
By Niall Harney Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press June 8, 2022 It is an election year in Winnipeg and come October, a new mayor will be sitting in the City’s top seat. The 2022 Winnipeg Alternative …
Provincial budget is a missed opportunity
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press May 4, 2002 By Niall Harney
Winnipeg poverty reduction plan needs financial commitment
By Shauna MacKinnon and Desiree McIvor
Budget winds create very little change
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press April 10, 2021 I tried to tell the people but they never heard a word I say They say there’s nothing out there but wheat fields anyway Just a farmer’s wife …
Manitoba’s Losing its Edge: It’s time to Reject Austerity
By Jesse Hajer First published in the Winnipeg Free Press March 3, 2020
The Big Squeeze between City and Provincial Budgets
By Lynne Fernandez The City of Winnipeg budget is always affected by the provincial budget, but this year Mayor Bowman did his best to reverse that situation. Before, during and after the release of the city’s budget, the …
Balanced Budget Legislation – presentation to committee
The Fiscal Responsibility and Taxpayer Amendment Act, Bill 27, Manitoba Presented by Lynne Fernandez, Errol Black Chair in Labour Issues, CCPA MB. Submitted October 24, 2018. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) is an independent research institute …
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