POLICY FIX
A blog for progressive Canadians by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Manitoba Office
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Health workers overdue for raises
By Niall Harney Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press October 24, 2024
Investing in us
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press September 3, 2024 September 8, is International Literacy Day. Regrettably, few people know this. Literacy is a subject largely hidden from public view, even though a decade ago 192,000 Manitobans aged …
Tax cuts are bad fiscal policy
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press August 28, 2024 Since the oil price shocks of 2021/22, gas taxes have become highly political in Canada. Premier Smith in Alberta, and Premier Ford slashed gas taxes in 2021/22. In …
It’s time to move on from the Houston Model
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press August 1, 2024. By Shauna MacKinnon Manitoba politicians are fixated on the “Houston model” as the solution to homelessness. The obsession began prior to the recent provincial election when then opposition …
North End Connect: Transformative Research Toward Digital Inclusion
Shauna MacKinnon with Joel Templeman and Shanleigh Chartrand North End Connect was established during the COVID-19 pandemic by organizations situated on Selkirk Avenue. They were concerned about the pandemic’s impact on low-income households in the neighbourhood who were …
Adult Basic Education in Manitoba: “It’s Like, Life Changing!”
What could lead people to say such things as, “I can physically, like on every level, physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually, feel myself changing and transforming,” and “my peers, they see a difference, they see me more open and, …
The many consequences of austerity
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press April 5, 2024 By ORLY LINOVSKI In voting against the 2024-2027 municipal budget, Coun. Russ Wyatt stated that decades of low property taxes have resulted in “self-imposed austerity”, limiting the ability …
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