You Don’t Have to Live Like a Refugee
By: Ray Silvius, University of Winnipeg Published in: Winnipeg Free Press Having fled their home countries to escape violence and war, refugees in Canada find their full inclusion in…
Refugee Resettlement Must Continue
…resettlement. With a reported 900 Syrians to arrive in Manitoba before the end of this year, what have we learned since last autumn? Read more in the Winnipeg Free Press…
Austerity Hurts
…Charter of Rights and Freedoms. While public sector unions were organizing against the wage freeze and other attacks on collective bargaining, the government was slashing budgets. From 2016 to 2021,…
Manitoba can’t afford cuts to parks, environmental protection
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press August 15, 2023 Manitobans, like much of the rest of the world, are increasingly concerned with the state of the planet—including our own…
Cutting straight to the bone: Austerity and Manitoba crown corporations
…the latest example of the penny-wise and pound-foolish cost-cutting agenda that has plagued Manitoba’s three largest crown corporations for the last seven years. Since 2016, the Province has made repeated…