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Renovating Rental Regulations
PDF version by Sarah Cooper The Honourable Jim Rondeau, Minister of Healthy Living, Seniors and Consumer Affairs recently introduced legislation to modify the Residential Tenancies Act. CCPA-MB was invited, along with representatives from several other community organizations, to …
More cells not the answer
PDF version by John Hutton A recent editorial in the Free Press (“Programs won’t solve jail crisis” Feb 8, 2013) by the President of the Manitoba Government Employees Union (MGEU) calls on the province to continue building more …
Denying EIA Benefits because of Outstanding Warrants – Unwarranted!
PDF version by Dennis Lewycky and John Hutton The provincial government announced recently that it will take away Employment and Income Assistance (EIA) benefits for people with outstanding warrants for serious crimes. Recently there have been a couple …
Playing politics with poverty in Manitoba
PDF version by Shauna MacKinnon It’s been a bad week for advocates working to improve the lives of people living in poverty. Recent child poverty statistics continue to show high rates for Manitoba and Monday’s throne speech gave …
UN criticizes Canada’s approach to crime
A Canadian Press article yesterday noted that the United Nations committee on the rights of the child has spoken out about Canada’s treatment of children and youth in the justice system. Canada’s new ‘tough on crime’ approach – …
Bill C-10: The Truth About Consequences
This report was produced with the collaboration of Ogijiita Pimatiswin Kinamatwin, The Community Education Development Association, The Canadian CED Network, Maintain the Momentum and Make Poverty History Manitoba. For a copy of the full report, please click here. On September 20, 2011, a few months …
Report Release – Bill C-10: The Truth About Consequences
Thursday March 1, 2012 @ 1:30 The John Howard Society of Manitoba 3rd Floor, 583 Ellice Avenue. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Mb. and The John Howard Society of Manitoba, Inc. will release their report: Bill C-10: …
The Harper ‘apology’: Residential schools and Bill C-10
PDF version by Shauna MacKinnon We learn fairly early in life that when you apologize for something that you have done wrong, it is expected that your apology will be followed by a change in behaviour. The result …
Bill C-10: “Housing” that will lead to a need for more social housing
by Christina Maes After years of complaining that Canada is the only G-8 country without a National Housing Strategy, housing advocates are finally getting their way. The federal government is passing Bill C-10, the Omnibus Crime Bill, that …
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