POLICY FIX
A blog for progressive Canadians by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Manitoba Office
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Growing farmland inequality in the Prairies poses problems for all Canadians
By Annette Desmarais First published in The Conversation February 28, 2023 Real estate is a hot topic in Canada. Most Canadians are acutely aware of how home prices and rents have skyrocketed in the last 15 years or …
Actions: Cost of Living Community Solidarity MB event
Resources and ways you can support and act to fight income inequality and for social justice Follow and support the MMIWGTS+ Implementation Committee Follow and support MIGRANTE Follow and support Disability Matters Demand fairness for all students, including …
Fact-Checking Manitoba Budget Claims
Claim: “Budget 2023 removes 47,400 low-income Manitobans from the tax rolls and saves the average family $1,000” Impact: More of the Basic Personal Amount tax change money will go to Manitoba’s richest 10% than the bottom 50% combined. …
More of Budget 2023 tax changes go to Manitoba’s richest 10% than bottom 50% combined
Statistical analysis of the Manitoba Government Budget 2023 changes to the Basic Personal Amount (BPA) and income tax brackets find the top 10% are slated to get 26% of the total tax savings, equivalent to an average tax …
Statement Against “World Unity Convoy”
We, the undersigned, denounce the return of a “Freedom Convoy” to Manitoba, re-branded as the “World Unity Convoy 2023.”
Whose Freedom?
As published in the Winnipeg Free Press, February 16, 2023
Manitoba’s fiscal update shows the province can do more to help with affordability
For Immediate Release (Winnipeg, Treaty One): As CCPA predicted (1), the mid-year fiscal update released today shows the Provincial Manitoba budget is in surplus, demonstrating the province can do more to help those struggling with the affordability crisis.
Manitoba refuses to lower child care fees
November 30, 2022For Immediate Release (Winnipeg): Across Canada, parents see their childcare fees drop. Butthis is not happening in Manitoba. More than a year after the Manitoba government signedonto the federal government’s national child care agreement, families in …
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