What can the new Manitoba NDP government do?
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…
Jim Silver
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…
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…
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…