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Political Economy and Political Commitment: A symposium honouring Robert Chernomas
Political Economy and Political Commitment: A symposium honouring Robert Chernomas February 8, 2013 Room 307, Tier Building University of Manitoba
City no longer a player in poverty reduction: Winnipeg falls further behind other cities with proposed budget cuts
PDF version by Kirsten Bernas The City of Winnipeg’s preliminary operating budget (PDF) for 2013 cuts spending on poverty reduction, housing, and neighbourhood initiatives at a time when government leadership and resources are desperately needed to address economic …
2013 Preliminary Operating Budget Fails Tax Fairness Test
PDF version by Lynne Fernandez The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has been analysing the City’s operating budget for several years now. We fully understand the challenges council faces: lack of revenues; a series of federal governments that …
Symposium to honour Dr. Robert Chernomas
HOLD THE DATE! The University of Manitoba Department of Economics will be holding a symposium to honour Dr. Robert Chernomas on February 8, 2013 in room 307 Tier Building. The program will run from 9:00 – 4:00 and …
Losing Ground: How Canada’s Employment Insurance system undermines inner-city and Aboriginal workers
PDF version Full report (PDF) by Ellen Smirl and Lynne Fernandez The EI system allows workers to pay into a plan that is supposed to provide crucial support for workers between jobs, and quality re/training when required. However, …
Report Launch – Losing Ground: How Canada’s Employment Insurance system undermines inner-city and Aboriginal workers
Full report The CCPA-MB will launch its report: Losing Ground: How Canada’s Employment Insurance system undermines inner-city and Aboriginal workers at 10 am, January 10th in room 104 at the Union Centre at Smith and Broadway. The report …
Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges
PDF version This year’s State of the Inner City report will be launched on December 12, 2012, at 11:30am at Thunderbird House. For more information, please see here. by Shauna MacKinnon The 2012 State of the Inner City …
State of the Inner City Report Launch
Join us for this year’s State of the Inner City report launch! December 12 at Circle of Life Thunderbird House, 715 Main St. Lunch at 11:30, presentation at 12:00. Please …
Tax Increment Financing and Social Enterprise: Promoting Equitable Community Revitalization in Winnipeg
PDF version by Erin Knight Currently, Manitoba is one of only two provinces in Canada that utilizes Tax Increment Financing (TIF) as a means for financing community revitalization projects in municipalities, although it has a long history of …
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