POLICY FIX
A blog for progressive Canadians by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Manitoba Office
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North End Connect: Transformative Research Toward Digital Inclusion
Shauna MacKinnon with Joel Templeman and Shanleigh Chartrand North End Connect was established during the COVID-19 pandemic by organizations situated on Selkirk Avenue. They were concerned about the pandemic’s impact on low-income households in the neighbourhood who were …
Cuts to community groups would send wrong message
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press June 25, 2024
Response to True North Real Estate purchase option for Portage Place Mall
March 6, 2023 For Immediate Release Winnipeg (Treaty One): True North Real Estate purchase option goes against the community vision for Portage Place land and mall.
Fast Facts: Jim Silver has built a remarkable career as an academic, author, and activist
By Elizabeth Comack and Wayne Antony,
A Just Recovery for Winnipeg’s Inner City
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press February 23, 2022
Portage Place: Let’s Take Back What’s Ours
The $41 million (in 2019 dollars) in public money invested in Portage Place means that Portage Place is ours. We fought for that money in the 1970s: it was the Inner City Committee for Rail Relocation that struggled …
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