POLICY FIX
A blog for progressive Canadians by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Manitoba Office
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The Conservative Stealth Strategy to Undermine Medicare
By Robert Chernomas and Ian Hudson teach economics at the University of Manitoba and are Research Associates of CCPA MB. The Harper government has a two-fold strategy to undermine Medicare. One part of the game plan is to …
Poor Housing: A Silent Crisis Book launch and community Symposium
Book launch Wednesday October 21, 7 pm at McNally Robinson Booksellers Grant Park Mall Community Symposium Thursday October 22, West End Commons, 641 St. Matthews Ave. RSVP at Event Brite 8:30 am – 4 pm
Book Launch September 24
Edited by Lynne Fernandez, Shauna MacKinnon and Jim Silver Book Launch September 24 McNally Robinson Booksellers Grant Park Shopping Centre 7 pm Books will be available after September 24 for $25.00 each from the CCPA office 205 – …
Fresh Food Fuels Change: An innovative pilot evaluation
By Mihiri Witharana and Joyce Slater People are food insecure when they do not have access to, or enough money to buy safe and nutritious food, preventing them from enjoying a healthy diet. Food insecurity is major concern …
Rent Assist Increase: community work in action
Thanks to community advocacy, low-income Manitobans will have more money to help pay their rent. Three years ago Make Poverty History Manitoba (MPHM) began building support for increasing shelter benefits to 75 per cent of median market rent. …
A welcoming home for refugees: removing the stigma – increasing the support
Refugees across Canada are facing a structural housing crisis. Stagnant shelter allowances for the Government Assisted Refugees eligible to receive them, a federal retreat from social housing provision, and skyrocketing housing costs in numerous Canadian cities since the …
Manitoba Conservatives open the door to privatization
By Molly McCracken, Director of CCPA-MB Social service schemes announced this week by the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives to encourage private childcare and introduce Social Impact Bonds soften the ground towards privatization. The assumption is that the private sector …
Parables of Privatization: A cautionary tale of two telcos
By Toby Sanger, Senior Economist CUPE National At a time when the Ontario Liberal government is planning to privatize Hydro One and other provincial governments are also planning significant privatizations, it’s instructive to look back and see what …
When was the first time you heard of CCPA Manitoba?
Top: Front Row: Kate Sjoberg, Jackie Hogue Back row: Molly McCracken, Mary Walsh, Noel DePape, Jessica Irvine at the Mary Walsh Fundraiser 2009 Bottom: The View From Here launch 2015. June 1 – 7th is our second annual …
You don’t have to live like a refugee
This editorial on the housing needs of refugee newcomers was published in the Winnipeg Free Press. The research referenced in the editorial is through the Manitoba Research Alliance Partnering for Change grant funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities …
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