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Supporting Community-Led Development in Manitoba: Policy Alternatives for Inclusive and Participatory Community Renewal
October 22, 2024 | Authored by: Jesse Hajer, Michael Barkman, Holly Scotland
Despite the current challenges facing communities and research supporting the benefits of community-led development (CLD), Manitoba hasn’t had a functioning, comprehensive CLD strategy or dedicated funding to support community development organizations …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Community Economic Development
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Austerity in the Department of Economic Development, Investment and Trade, and in the Department of Agriculture
October 4, 2024 | Authored by: Fletcher Barager
This chapter examines the effect of the austerity policies implemented by the Manitoba provincial government on work and workers in the province’s Department of Agriculture and Department of Economic Development, Investment and Trade (EDIT). The releva …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Community Economic Development
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Something Needs to Change: Austerity in Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure
October 4, 2024 | Authored by: Jennifer Keith, Holly Scotland
In 2021, the Progressive Conservative (PC) Government in Manitoba was issued a stern warning: “continue on the path of austerity they had started when elected in 2016 and Manitobans and the public service would suffer.” The report, commissioned by the …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Community Economic Development
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Manitoba Government Cuts Threaten Ability to Welcome—and Retain—Newcomers
October 4, 2024 | Authored by: Sarah Zell
“We have to dream big for this province,” former Premier Heather Stefanson said, referring to a pledge to increase Manitoba’s population to 2 million by 2030. The source of much of that population growth? Immigration. Emerging from the pandemic, immigr …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Community Economic Development
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Balancing Act: Card-Check, Anti-Scab, and the Case for Rebalancing Manitoba’s Labour Relations
January 26, 2024 | Authored by: Niall Harney
The evidence presented in this report runs counter to arguments that card-check and anti-scab legislation give excessive power to workers over employers. Rather, card-check certification and a replacement worker ban are fundamental to upholding workers …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Community Economic Development
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Falling Behind: What Explains a Wave of Strikes in Rural Manitoba School Divisions
December 22, 2023 | Authored by: Niall Harney
This report calls on the provincial government to work with school divisions, unions, and the ministry of education to equalize wages for educational support staff across the province. Pay disparities are not present for teachers across the province. T …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Community Economic Development, Education, Training, and Capacity Building
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Manitoba’s Living Wage Update 2023
December 12, 2023 | Authored by: Niall Harney, Jesse Hajer, Natalie Dandeneault
In Winnipeg, the living wage has risen to $19.21 per hour, in Brandon to $15.69 per hour, and in Thompson to $17.48 per hour. In Winnipeg, this is an increase of 87 cents (5 percent) over last year. In Brandon the increase is 3 cents above the 2022 liv …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Community Economic Development
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Funding Our Way: Rebalancing Revenues and Spending for a Fair and Prosperous Manitoba
November 20, 2023 | Authored by: Jesse Hajer, Niall Harney, David Macdonald
The last few years have been quite the ride. Navigating the ups and downs of the COVID-19 pandemic, government support, and the cost of living has been a social and economic rollercoaster in many respects, leaving many wondering if things will ever set …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Community Economic Development
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Austerity Hurts
November 15, 2023 | Authored by: Julie Guard
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press November 13, 2023 ON Oct. 3, Manitobans elected a new government which, like its predecessors, has promised to balance the provincial budget. The previous government’s program of tax breaks and cuts to pu …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Community Economic Development
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An Updated Calculation Guide for the 2023 Family Living Wage for Manitoba
October 14, 2023 | Authored by: Jesse Hajer, Natalie Dandenault
The purpose of this guide is to assist others in calculating a living wage for their own communities, using the method developed by the CCPA–BC and First Call to calculate Vancouver and Victoria living wages in 2008. This particular guide will be most …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Community Economic Development
