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• Dec 23, 2014 - 40 Years of Home Care in Manitoba
  

  This past September, the Government of Manitoba recognized the 40-year anniversary of the universal home-care program by proclaiming September 8 to 14 as Home Care Week.

• Nov 24, 2014 - MBLL Concessionary Bargaining Hits a Sour Note
  

  What for the past few years could be considered a disturbing trend seems to be gaining greater traction in Canadian public sector collective bargaining.

• Oct 10, 2014 - Well-Trained, Well-Resourced Workers a Must for At-Risk Youth
  

  Several major news stories have surfaced over the past week revealing problems within Manitoba’s child protection system. Last week, several media outlets ran stories about a private company that was contracted by the Province of Manitoba to care for at-risk youth in local hotel rooms.

• Sep 10, 2014 - Which Pays Better?
  

  The ongoing debate about whether private or public sector jobs pay better continues, and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) has recently released another study that looks at this very issue.

• May 16, 2014 - When it comes to public pensions, the sky isn't falling
  

  A recent Winnipeg Free Press editorial, Pension Emergency Looming, brings to mind the folk tale of Chicken Little who repeatedly claimed “the sky is falling.” It is becoming clear that the distraction of the public pension falling acorn is really just concealing the fox in the cave: retirement insecurity.

• Apr 24, 2014 - The domino effect of underfunded public services
  

  Our decaying public infrastructure is a symptom that highlights a major problem: many public services are underfunded and when they fail it has consequences on other services.

• Mar 12, 2014 - Canada's Retirement Income System Isn't Good Enough
  

  For the first time in more than a generation, questions about the adequacy of Canada’s retirement income system (and how to address it) have managed to move to the forefront of the national policy debate.

• Jan 15, 2014 - Reducing ER Wait Times
  

  Two recent fatalities have once again thrust the issue of emergency room wait times into the spotlight. Both men who tragically passed away were on their way home after being discharged from hospital. News reports have speculated that hospitals have been discharging patients to reduce backlogs in ER’s.

• Jan 10, 2014 - Public Services Don't Stop for Bad Weather
  

  The recent cold spell has made it difficult for everyone to do whatever they have to do outside, whether it be to drive, walk or exercise. When it wasn’t extremely cold – even for this climate – huge snowfalls made it even more challenging to engage in any activity outdoors.

• Dec 23, 2013 - A Fairness Test to Address Income Inequality
  

  The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) is asking affiliates and opinion leaders to draft letters to their provincial governments in support of the idea of a “fairness test” to assess the impact of tax and spending policies in provincial budgets on income inequality.