POLICY FIX
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Income Security to End Poverty in Manitoba
By Andrew Clark Income security programs in Manitoba and Canada are not keeping pace with the growing problem of poverty. Change is needed to ensure low income and vulnerable people and families do not become entrapped in a …
Response to Premier’s bike tour from Selkirk to Peguis First Nation
Premier Brian Pallister announced will be riding his bicycle from the St Peter’s Reserve (Selkirk) to Peguis First Nation this June 16 – 17 to recognize the 200th anniversary of the Selkirk Treaty. This blog summarizes the responses by …
Today’s conservatives are not your Grandpa’s Tories: Co-ops, Credit Unions and Free Trade Policies
By Ellen Smirl On the Main Street in Morden Manitoba there are two gas stations: an Esso and a Co-op. During the busiest times of the week-after a hockey game, or on Sunday when the area’s many churches …
Community looking for action plan from Province on poverty
By Josh Brandon When Lieutenant Governor Janice Filmon delivers the throne speech November 21, a plan for poverty reduction should top the government’s priority list. The Province has promised a plan by next year’s budget and Manitobans are …
Provincial Budget Consultation submission from CCPA Manitoba
This is the presentation Lynne Fernandez, Errol Black Chair in Labour Issues made in person for the Provincial Budget Consultation on October 26th, 2016. Minister Friesen and Panel Members, thank you for inviting me to present this …
New Report: It’s Time To Give Back to Manitoba’s North
By Lynne Fernandez A new Errol Black Chair report released today examines how events are unfolding in Churchill and The Pas. It puts these events in the context of the entire Northern region and urges government to consider …
Inaction Threatens to Stagnate Manitoba Minimum Wage
First published as an editorial in the Winnipeg Free Press July 18, 2016 By Molly McCracken Unless immediate action is taken, 2016 will be the first time in a generation that minimum wage workers will see their wages …
Communities leading the way need provincial support
By Greg MacPherson and Molly McCracken The province has invested widely in community development and “place-based” approaches to renewal and poverty reduction, with many positive results. Place-based approaches such as these are now being adopted in communities across …
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