POLICY FIX
A blog for progressive Canadians by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Manitoba Office
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West Broadway Housing Forum
by Sarah Cooper For most of the ’80s, at least 10 percent of the new housing built in Canada was affordable housing. After 1993, the number dropped to less than one percent. This means that very little housing …
Election 2011 UnSpun
Why Does Down Look Like Up to the Conservatives? by Lynne Fernandez Coming into work today I was struck by two large billboards. One has a photo of Hugh McFayden with a promise to cut taxes. The other …
Election 2011 UnSpun
Education Funding Not “a Game of Chicken” by Shauna MacKinnon In a letter to the Brandon Sun published on September 14th, Robert Rivard, the President of Manitoba Schools Board Association, expressed concern with the Let’s Pay Fair Coalition’s …
Election 2011 UnSpun
Where is Poverty in the Debate? by Errol Black During the current election campaign we’ve heard a good deal of noise from people with power about how hard done by we are in Manitoba. Their biggest beef is …
So You Think You Can House?
The Right to Housing Coalition (of which the CCPA-MB is a member) and Planners Network present an election forum on affordable housing in Manitoba. Come to hear the Liberal, NDP, and PC housing platforms. September 19, 7pm Winnipeg …
Election 2011 UnSpun
A Clock Worth Watching The editorial in September 7th’s Winnipeg Free Press about the Canadian Tax Payers Federation’s “debt clock” conjured up a funny image for me: a group of people watching a free-floating number growing while they …
Election 2011 UnSpun
McFadyen’s Fitness Tax Credit for Adults – Really? The bad public policy ideas are beginning to pile up as Manitoba’s provincial election shifts into overdrive. A favorite of mine is Hugh McFadyen’s Fitness Tax Credit for adults. McFadyen’s …
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