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• Review: BUILD Prosperity

  Posted by Matt Austman on July 19th 2012 at 3:08pm

  Shaun Loney – the CEO and founder of the internationally recognized BUILD Inc. non-profit – has written a pragmatic yet visionary policy manual for addressing systemic market, environmental, and social issues in Manitoba. Designed

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• Youth, austerity, and the changing meaning of opportunity

  Posted by Matt Austman on May 4th 2012 at 9:44am

  The Conservatives’ attempt to shift the meaning of opportunity for youth is evident through almost every major initiative they’ve taken since gaining power: Massive cuts to Canada’s creative industries; the raising of the OAS from age 65-67; tightening EI benefits; cutting funding to humanities and social science research – all the while doing everything in their power to gut RED TAPE for corporations. There is to be no safety net, except for Canada’s wealthiest.

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