Top 25 Manitoba Employers distinction awards University of Manitoba
The University of Manitoba has been named one of Manitoba’s Top 25 Employers for the third year in a row, prompting mixed reactions from unions…
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UMSU neutrality sparks student criticism
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union has said that it will not condemn impending budget cuts at the University of Manitoba, sparking criticism from students…
Responding to Poloz
Last week Stephen Poloz, governor of the Bank of Canada, said to a House of Commons committee that out-of-work students should work for free to…
Foreign workers deserve Canada’s respect, hospitality
Chris Hearn A small amount of Canadian corporations—a few Tim Hortons and McDonald’s franchises, for example—have reportedly been abusing Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program. Some…
Forum draws attention to youth unemployment in Canada
The issue of youth unemployment was front-and-centre last Friday at a forum hosted by the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), the Canadian Labour Congress, the…
Monetary policy, debt, and unions
Kevin Linklater, staff Following the global financial crisis of 2008-09, the Canadian economy was held up as a model in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation…
Point/Counterpoint
Foster Lyle, staff Take any finance course and you will hear that a free market is an efficient market. A free market is one where…
Point/Counterpoint
Katerina Tefft, staff Free-market capitalism, as economist Karl Polanyi famously writes in The Great Transformation, is a “stark utopia” that “could not exist for any…
2013 campus roundup
The U of M had a busy 2013, but the Manitoban had you covered for campus updates. Here, in no particular order, is a summary…
Federal prison strike reveals longstanding labour issues
Anne Wyman Imagine waking up tomorrow to a 30 per cent wage cut, mandated by law. If the cost of living stayed the same, you’d…