POLICY FIX
A blog for progressive Canadians by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Manitoba Office
CCPA-MB Website >
We Need to Talk About Social Housing for Seniors
By Lynne Fernandez and Erika Wiebe
Slashed to the bone: Austerity and Manitoba crown corporations
By Niall Harney and Lynne Fernandez Previously published by the Winnipeg Free Press, August 5, 2023
Manitoba Hydro Against the Wall
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press April 9, 2021. By Lynne Fernandez
Seeking a just recovery from COVID-19
By Jesse Hajer and Lynne Fernandez First published in the Winnipeg Free Press April 6, 2021.
Living Wage for Manitoba 2020
Living Wage for Manitoba Update 2020 – Summary
MB Liquor Between Rock and Hard Place
By Lynne Fernandez The issuance of mandate letters to provincial crown corporations has put management and staff on notice, warning that “the old way of doing things” is over. The preamble for all the letters is the same, …
The Big Squeeze between City and Provincial Budgets
By Lynne Fernandez The City of Winnipeg budget is always affected by the provincial budget, but this year Mayor Bowman did his best to reverse that situation. Before, during and after the release of the city’s budget, the …
State of the Manitoba Economy: Assessing the Real Challenges
By Lynne Fernandez First published in the Winnipeg Free Press December 18, 2018 As reported in the Free Press, Brian Pallister is “fixing the province’s finances”, with what he calls small, gradual funding cuts. Two questions arise from …
A Written Presentation on Bill 35
THE CROWN LANDS AMENDMENT ACT (IMPROVED MANAGEMENT OF COMMUNITY PASTURES AND AGRICULTURAL CROWN LANDS) How will the changes reflected in Bill 35 affect the Community Pastures Program, part of what was the federal government’s Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration …
Follow us!