POLICY FIX
A blog for progressive Canadians by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Manitoba Office
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Nova Scotia Education Overhaul a Cautionary Tale for Manitoba
By Molly McCracken and Pamela Rogers
Winnipeg: Where the buildings have no names and the streets have no crossings
By Doug Smith Nearly forty years ago, in March 1979, Winnipeg city councillor Joe Zuken led a band of a dozen or so pedestrians in what is likely to have been city’s most celebrated act of jaywalking. The …
Climate Plan Fails on Carbon Tax Basics
By Mark Hudson First published in the Winnipeg Free Press Oct. 5, 2017 A draft “Climate and Green Plan Town Hall Toolkit” circulated within the Manitoba government proposes a flat $25 carbon tax. While this is only a …
Cutting taxes is not the answer
By Molly McCracken Last week I was chatting with my uncle, a retiree on a fixed income, about the health service cuts at the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority. He said “if the deficit is $83 million, why doesn’t …
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