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CUPW Rally to Save Home Delivery
Hundreds of Canadian Union of Postal Workers members and their supporters rallied in front of the Manitoba Legislature on Saturday January 25, 2014 in high spirits, in spite of the frigid temperatures. They were there to tell Canada Post and the Harper Conservatives that they are wrong to cut home delivery service to 5 million…
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Peoples Social Forum, August 21-24 Ottawa
Thousands of people are expected to gather in Ottawa from August 21-24, 2014 for the upcoming People’s Social Forum. Manitoba activists have a key role to play in this significant political moment that will bring social movements together from coast to coast. The goal of the Peoples Social Forum is to build a united and…
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Canada Post’s Actions Are Crazy! Or Are They?
It seems every time Canada Post announces a new plan, I think to myself, “How can they possibly think this is a good idea? If they’re not careful, they’ll run the postal service into the ground!”. If you’ve been thinking that too, then you’re not alone. The Toronto Star’s Thomas Walkom has penned an interesting…
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Kenney Tries to Fly Canada Jobs Grant Again
Theresa Oswald, Manitoba’s Minister of Jobs and the Economy, says that she and her provincial and territorial counterparts will get together on a conference call today (Wednesday January 15, 2014) with federal Employment and Social Development Minister Jason Kenney to talk about his Canada Job Grant (CJG) idea. Prime Minster Harper and Kenney want to…
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Adscam Redux
2002, enter Stephen Harper, newly minted leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. His very first question in the House of Commons kicked off the Adscam scandal that would lead to the end of the Liberal Party’s hold on government. Fast forward to 2014. Yet another ad scandal is stretching its legs in the Commons,…