POLICY FIX
A blog for progressive Canadians by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Manitoba Office
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Errol Black Chair in Labour Issues Takes Big Step Forward
It was a cold, late autumn morning, but the atmosphere could not have been warmer inside the Fort Garry Hotel this past Sunday. CCPA Mb. held its Errol Black Chair in Labour Issues fundraising brunch, selling an impressive …
The Income Inequality Issue in Canada
by Errol Black A June 30 op-ed piece in the Winnipeg Free Press by Jason Clemens (MacDonald-Cartier Institute) titled, “Over simplifying income inequality,” dismisses concerns raised about the growing inequality of incomes in Canada. He proposes that “the over-simplification of …
Where’s the Compassion? The Harper Government’s Approach to Employment Insurance
by Errol Black Canada’s Employment Insurance (EI) System has been much in the news in recent weeks. The main issues are long delays in processing EI claims resulting from the Harper government’s attempts to automate and depersonalize the …
Bloated Public Sector or Bloated Rhetoric? …You Decide….
Yesterday I sent a letter to the Winnipeg Free Press about an August 31st op-ed decrying Manitoba’s supposedly “bloated” public sector. The op-ed was just begging for a response. Let’s hope the letter gets printed, but in case …
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