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The Executive Policy Council (EPC) meets this morning to determine the 2022 municipal budget. Please fill out our 5-min. survey to inform the Winnipeg Alternative Municipal Budget (WAMB) to give the city better ideas about how to spend our money:
WAMB Survey

For more ideas on how to inform the municipal budget, check out these appearances by community experts and leaders at the last EPC on December 10, 2021:

Kate Kehler, Executive Director, SPCW (full EPC statement)

Reuben Garang, Executive Director, IPW

Molly McCracken, Executive Director, CCPA MB

Michael Barkman, Chair of MPHM and Manitoba Public Policy Coordinator, CCEDNet

Lisa Forbes, Manager of BEST, SEED Winnipeg, and Board Member, Trees Please

 

Executive Director Kate Kehler’s Appearance at the Executive Policy Council on the 2022 Budget

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Executive Policy Committee Appearance – Poverty Reduction Strategy

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Access Without Fear Statement

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Statement on the New Immigration Pathway for Temporary Workers and International Graduates

 Drive-By Rally: Permanent Immigration Status For All message box for spokespersons

Public Interest Law Centre

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Support the call to keep the Public Interest Law Centre (PILC) publically funded and better protected by legislation so we can keep the momentum moving forward rather than revisiting which approach we should take. On this page we have provided … Continue reading →

Police Accountability Coalition

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  SPCW is a member of the Police Accountability Coalition and helped develop the briefing document below: Community Organizations Call for Police Accountability and the Reallocation of Resources – Endorsements – Updated November 25, 2021 PAC Media Release: Media Release by … Continue reading →

Budgets are Coming – Get Involved!

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Hi there! Budgets are coming! Want to get involved? Check out this calendar for all things budget! A lot has certainly been happening and there will be more to come. It would seem that the sale of Portage Place is all … Continue reading →

Holiday Resources Calendar – Winnipeg

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We have pulled together this calendar of some of the resources that will be operating over the holidays. For additional details on hours and programming for each day, please click on the date of interest. We know that a lot … Continue reading →

With Love From Mom

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With Love From Mom is a Christmas Campaign to get children gifts from their mom’s who are incarcerated this Christmas. Donations accepted at 1572 Dublin Ave or you can donate money online here. SCO requests that donations be dropped off … Continue reading →

Restorative Justice Association of Manitoba

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The Restorative Justice Association of Manitoba (RJAM) is a community and grassroots initiative with the goal of transforming our current justice system.  Its vision is for a Manitoba that is a just society in which all lives have equal value.  … Continue reading →

Data Consortium

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The Winnipeg Data Consortium purchases consistent socio-economic data from national sources, including the Census, for locally defined geographies, such as Winnipeg’s neighbourhoods and Manitoba’s Regional Health Authorities. This supports government and community groups/departments in policy analysis, research, and evidence-based decision-making. … Continue reading →

Make Poverty History Manitoba

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Make Poverty History Manitoba (MPHM) is a coalition committed to changing public policy to achieve a Manitoba without poverty. The coalition is a multi-sectoral collaborative coalition representing business, education, student, youth, Aboriginal, newcomer, labour, women’s, disability, urban, rural, and northern communities. The … Continue reading →

Immigration Partnership Winnipeg

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Immigration Partnership Winnipeg (IPW) helps create a community that has a strong desire and capacity to receive newcomers and make them feel at home. IPW is a Local Immigration Partnership (LIP). LIPs are multi-sectoral collectives that bring a new form … Continue reading →

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Two important issues the City is dealing with. These are the kinds of decisions made at Council. As we get into the municipal election campaign (election day October 26th), please make sure you candidates only promise to do what they can do within the City's authority. And they can do a lot. The new recreation strategy now has an oversight committee to ensure more inclusive programing and it includes an access without fear policy! Now that we have it in one department, we need it in all of them! ... See MoreSee Less

City council closes book on proposal to move West Kildonan library | CBC News

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Winnipeg city council decided not to move the West Kildonan library into the Garden City Shopping Centre, and will leave it in its current space on Jefferson Avenue.
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MKO Grand Chief tours Headingley jail, pushes for improvements in justice system

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A Manitoba Grand Chief who toured a provincial prison recently said he took time during the tour to speak one-on-one with inmates, to get a better idea of what...
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20 May

Masks Still Matter!

COVID-19 variants spread easily and rapidly.

Whether you are vaccinated or not, you should wear a mask indoors in workplace and public settings. For the best protection, wear a KN95 or N95 respirator mask.

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October 26 is the next municipal election. Come to the launch of the Alternative Municipal Budget to hear what municipal candidates could do to make Winnipeg better for all.

May 10, 12:15 pm
City Hall Courtyard

Registration recommended. Register at https://2022amblaunch.eventbrite.ca.

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