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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, …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: 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 …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: 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 …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Community Economic Development
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The High Cost of Austerity in Adult Education in Manitoba
October 4, 2024 | Authored by: Jim Silver
Earlier this summer, the Director of an adult basic education program located outside Winnipeg contacted me to say that the latest round of cuts to provincial government funding for her …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Education, Training, and Capacity Building
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Austerity and Advanced Education in Manitoba
October 4, 2024 | Authored by: Scott Forbes
In 2016 the Manitoba PCs were elected on an election platform that included moderate fiscal restraint: simply hold growth in spending below the rate of growth in the economy and …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Education, Training, and Capacity Building
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Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corporation and Austerity
October 4, 2024 | Authored by: Sarah Cooper
Housing has long been a pressing issue in Manitoba. Although the Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corporation’s budget increased between 2011 and 2022, how housing needs are being addressed is shifting …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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Child Welfare and Austerity in Manitoba
October 4, 2024 | Authored by: Shauna MacKinnon
In 2022 we surveyed Manitoba Government Employee Union (MGEU) and Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) members employed in the Manitoba child welfare system. We wanted to learn from people …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Social Inclusion
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Austerity v. Manitoba Women
October 4, 2024 | Authored by: Mara Fridell
When governments look to cut spending, women are often disproportionately impacted. It has been no different in Manitoba under the austerity agenda of the Progressive Conservatives (PCs) since forming government …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Social Inclusion
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Adult Basic Education in Manitoba: “It’s Like, Life Changing!”
June 26, 2024 | Authored by:
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 …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Education, Training, and Capacity Building
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A Betrayal of Trust: Exploring the Financialization of Lions Place in Winnipeg as a Case of Organizational Elder Abuse
May 7, 2024 | Authored by: Laura Funk, Rachel Dunsmore
The case of the sale of Lions Place represents both a major net loss of affordable housing and an example of the targeted dismantling of community for older adults in …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
