Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Winnipeg SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. A University of Manitoba prof is calling for child care to be universal — or at least affordable for all families — in a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). The next issue of The Winnipeg Sun Headline News will soon be in your inbox. Prentice said although Manitoba has some of the lowest child-care fees in the country (behind Quebec), it still doesn’t mean those costs can be borne by all local families. The CCPA was founded in Ottawa in 1980 by a group of largely Carleton University professors who wished to re-create something akin to the League for Social Reconstruction (1931-1942) which in the inter-war period had promoted social, economic, and political change for Canada. Report authors expressed concern about an "alarming" rise in household debt. We are sharing this new campaign on Senior's Health Care from the Manitoba Health Coalition: Visit our Community Guidelines for more information and details on how to adjust your email settings. A lot has happened since then. If you don't see it please check your junk folder. It concentrates on economic policy, international trade, environmental justice and social policy. If these businesses shut down, that puts that much more strain on people just making it paycheque to paycheque and struggling with rent. This equates to more than 4,200 businesses. [1] It has been described as "left leaning".[2]. It would be a mistake for Manitobans who live in the South to think that what happens in the North does not affect them. About the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Manitoba office (CCPA – MB) CCPA- MB is a non-profit charitable research institute with a special focus on community-based participatory, policy-relevant research. In Manitoba, as of July, 11% of small businesses were seriously considering bankruptcy or winding down their operations. View our terms of, Website Design & Development by Raised Eyebrow Web Studios. The CCPA publishes an annual alternative spending plan. He was succeeded by Peter Findlay, a professor of Social Work at Carleton. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) is an independent and non-partisan think tank policy research institute in Canada. And while much of the current... National Office, BC Office, Saskatchewan Office, Manitoba Office, Ontario Office, Nova Scotia Office. SNL cold open spoofs VP Debate with Jim Carrey as the fly on Mike Pence's head. These are people who were not exactly living large to begin with who likely will not have the thousands to pay for the accumulated rent they were unable to pay in the first place. There is an ALTERNATIVE. It is with great sadness that the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives mourns the passing of Dr. John Loxley in Winnipeg, Manitoba on July 28, 2020. 2.5K likes. Latest posts from the Manitoba Office blog: For more posts, visit http://policyfix.ca. Should Canada do the same? According to Brooks' study, the Fraser Institute's methods of accounting excluded several important forms of income and inflated tax figures, moving the date nearly two months later in the year.