Manitoba Premier-designate Wab Kinew. Photo courtesy the Winnipeg Free Press. There are good reasons to celebrate the NDP’s win in the October 3 provincial election in Manitoba. Especially important is that the Conservative’s appeal to the far-right was decisively turned back by voters, and in fact there is widespread revulsion
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Canadian Dimension: Can social democracy solve poverty?
The following article is a response to “Poverty in Britain: From feudalism to neoliberal capitalism” by Henry Heller, published in Canadian Dimension on July 25, 2023. While Henry Heller’s review of my new book, Scoundrels and Shirkers: Capitalism and Poverty in Britain, is positive, I think the way he concludes
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Bill 64 earns a failing grade
The Manitoba provincial government’s proposed re-organization of K-12 education completely ignores the connection between poverty and educational outcomes. Photo from Twitter. The proposed re-organization of K-12 education in Manitoba being contemplated by the provincial government’s Bill 64 is unlikely to have any impact whatever on the educational success of children
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: The Deep Roots of the Meth Crisis in Winnipeg
Photo from iStock I think a case can be made that in large part, the meth problem is a reflection of a much deeper societal malaise. We are still in the midst of what is now a 40 year revolution, driven in large part by dramatic technological change and accompanied
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