Time for a necessary step, time to defund the police
Calls to defund the Winnipeg police department followed the Justice 4 Black Lives rally earlier this month. Premier Brian Pallister has responded to these demands…
provincial politics
Manitoba’s government must stop being anti-education
It is a contradiction provincially acknowledged that arts deemed valuable in politicians’ personal lives become extraneous costs in their professional lives. But the value of…
Needs of renters pushed aside during crisis
With people facing increasing precarity in terms of their income amidst the COVID-19 crisis, there are groups and individuals attempting to organize rent strikes.
Conservatives cut post-secondary funding yet again
Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative-led government has cut post-secondary operating grants for the third year in a row. The budget includes a one per cent reduction in…
Let Uber be a lesson in corporate welfare management
Two years ago, ridesharing giant Uber threw a tantrum and opted to avoid Winnipeg entirely over Manitoba’s regulations.
Peaceful protesters must be protected
Recent protests involving Indigenous peoples blocking railways in peaceful protest have demonstrated the need for better protection of protests.
Manitoba Metis Federation victim to politics of respectability
It seems that for David Chartrand solidarity with the ongoing mass movement in support of Wet’suwet’en in their struggle with the Canadian government is not on the table.
The Progressive Conservatives’ continued cuts hurt Manitoba’s most vulnerable citizens
With cuts to people with disabilities, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has blood on his hands.
The discriminative nature of privatization in Manitoba
After two complaints regarding the lack of mandatory education on sexuality and gender diversity were filed with the Manitoba Human Rights Commission in 2017, the…
Shift to performance-based funding a gift to big business
Across Canada, the neoliberal tide is sweeping across post-secondary education with little to no effective resistance from student unions or any other groups beyond non-combative…