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Brad Wall Hydro Report Brings Privatization Failures to Manitoba
By Molly McCracken, CCPA Director February 26, 2021 For Immediate Release (Winnipeg): The province of Manitoba’s commissioned Economic Review of Bipole III and Keeyask report by Brad Wall recommends privatization of Manitoba Hydro, the province’s cherished, publicly-owned crown …
Manitoba leaving money for health care, long-term care, housing and essential worker supports on the table – new CCPA National report
By Molly McCracken from David Macdonald’s report
Province has financial room to end the suffering
By Molly McCracken
Transportation Equity & the Low Income Bus Pass
Presentation to the City of Winnipeg Council
What is happening to public education in Manitoba?
By Molly McCracken School trustees are consulting with parents and stakeholders for this upcoming year’s school budgets while they seem to be under attack by the provincial government. Education Minister Goertzen had heated exchange with Winnipeg school trustees …
As the wealthiest speed past the rest of us, Manitoba needs to fight income inequality
First published on CBC online July 8th, 2018 A Ferrari cruises down Portage Avenue past people lining the streets on lawn chairs on Sunday evening in Winnipeg. The $250,000 car purrs along the road, a symbol of incredible …
Cutting taxes is not the answer
By Molly McCracken Last week I was chatting with my uncle, a retiree on a fixed income, about the health service cuts at the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority. He said “if the deficit is $83 million, why doesn’t …
Proposed legislation a sentence of poverty for low income workers
By Josh Brandon and Molly McCracken Working should be a route out of poverty, but for some, low wages are a poverty trap. The current minimum wage is inadequate as at $11/ hour, it places workers as far …
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