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Last Updated: December 18, 2024

Pervasive poverty demonstrates an unjust society

Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press December 16, 2024 By Dr. Andrew Lodge Althea waits in line at a local food bank in Winnipeg. Her youngest son, less than six months old, is bundled up asleep in …

Category: Homelessness, Income Equality, Manitoba, poverty

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Posted: September 5, 2024

Investing in us

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Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press September 3, 2024 September 8, is International Literacy Day. Regrettably, few people know this. Literacy is a subject largely hidden from public view, even though a decade ago 192,000 Manitobans aged …

Category: Adult Education, Adult Learning Centres, education, Government spending, poverty Tags: Jim Silver, Manitoba

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Last Updated: April 30, 2024

Political pragmatism vs. poverty reduction

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Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press April 22, 2024 JOSH BRANDON IN its first budget, the NDP has adhered closely to the pragmatic instincts that won them last fall’s election. The budget includes investments in health care, …

Category: Income Equality, inequality, Making Poverty History, Manitoba, Minimum Wage, poverty Tags: Josh Brandon