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Kathy Mallett – Inner City Builder
Kathy Mallett is being honoured at this year’s CCPA-MB Errol Black Chair Fundraising Brunch being held November 15 at the Hotel Fort Garry. There are unsung heroes in Winnipeg’s inner city, especially in the Aboriginal community, and few …
New federal government: opportunity to end crisis of poor housing
By Josh Brandon For Winnipeg residents with low incomes, the lack of affordable quality housing is a crisis. According to the 2011 National Housing Survey, 34,000 Winnipeg renters paid more than 30 percent of their income in rent, …
Federal election: What’s at stake for Winnipeg women
Women have a lot at stake in this election: higher rates of economic inequality, impacts of violence and lack of child care. Here’s how Winnipeg women fare, and what the major federal parties have said they will do. …
A Real Energy Strategy Can Create Jobs and Save Government Money
By Shaun Loney The energy strategy debate thus far in the federal election has focussed on the future of the oil sands and pipeline politics. The Federal Tories have trumpeted the economic benefits of oil sands development but …
CCPA Manitoba Fundraising Brunch November 15
November 15, 2015 Guest Speaker Kevin Chief MLA Point Douglas Minister of Jobs and the Economy Honoured Guest Kathy Mallett Community activist, Aboriginal educational leader, genealogy buff, and past director of Community Education Development Association Hotel Fort Garry …
Poverty: Not Present this Election Campaign
By Jim Silver If you’re following the federal election campaign you would think that poverty in Canada has been eliminated. Politicians, guided by their ever-cautious advisors and thinking only of short-term electoral advantage, rarely if ever utter the …
Trans-Pacific Partnership: CCPA Commentary
Looking for progressive responses to the newly signed Trans-Pacific trade deal? Here’s the latest from CCPA National: Trans Pacific Commentary a Big Win for Corporate Interests https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/commentary/should-canada-be-completing-trade-deal-middle-election Should Canada be completing a trade deal in the middle of …
Oct 7th book launch of Shauna MacKinnon’s new book on U of M Press
CCPA-MB congratulates Shauna MacKinnon in the launching of her new book Decolonizing Employment, Aboriginal inclusion in Canada’s labour market October 7th, 7pm at McNally Robinson. All are invited. “A cogent, well-documented critique of neoliberal labour market policy and …
The Tough on Crime Strategy Has Not Made our Communities Safer
By Elizabeth Comack, Cara Fabre and Shanise Burgher Crime rates in Canada have been steadily declining for more than a decade, yet prison populations have been increasing in recent years. Commentators have attributed this disconnection between dropping crime …
Focus on Food to Take Pressure off Health Care System
By Shaun Loney By some estimates, health care expenditures will account for about 80 percent of provincial program spending by 2030. This means fewer dollars for other priorities. With a problem this big, it’s important to get the …
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