Molly McCracken

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Honouring reproductive rights and freedoms

Nov 30, 2024 | policyalternatives.ca | Molly McCracken

With reproductive rights being a central issue in the upcoming US election, the work of the Women’s Health Clinic (WHC) in Manitoba highlights the fragility of the hard-fought gains in women’s reproductive rights and freedoms. Right here at home, women and gender-diverse individuals still have a long way to go to fully realize these rights and freedoms. Thankfully, the WHC has a strong track record of advocating for and making progress on these human rights.
Are municipal politics already partisan?

Nov 12, 2024 | monitormag.ca | Jon Milton |Katherine Scott |Molly McCracken |Elliot Dillabough

Since 2021, a group known as Advance Regina has been running ad campaigns in the city of Regina, identifying elected officials as “leftist activists” and advocating for lower taxes and reduced government spending. Another group, Common Sense Regina, has campaigned against the current mayor and two sitting city councilors.
Democrats’ disastrous presidential campaign shows how not to defeat…

Nov 8, 2024 | monitormag.ca | Jon Milton |Katherine Scott |Molly McCracken |Bruce Campbell

“We just witnessed the greatest political comeback in the history of the United States of America,” said incoming Vice-President JD Vance, standing alongside a triumphant incoming President Donald Trump, in front of a row of American flags, to announce a blowout election victory. “America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate,” said the president-elect. It certainly was a comeback.
Justice Murray Sinclair’s legacy must live on

Nov 5, 2024 | monitormag.ca | Katherine Scott |Molly McCracken |Bruce Campbell |Simon Enoch

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives joins the rest of Canada in honouring the life and legacy of Murray Sinclair: Anishinaabe leader, jurist, senator, and head commissioner of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Justice Sinclair, whose spirit name is Mizhana Gheezhik—The One Who Speaks of Pictures in the Sky—passed away on November 4, 2024 in Winnipeg at age 73.
Opinion: Time to end tax cuts and invest in services

Oct 31, 2024 | winnipegfreepress.com | Molly McCracken

By: Molly McCracken Posted: 2:00 AM CDT Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024 The cumulative impact of decades of regressive tax cuts has created the severe social, economic, and environmental problems seen daily in Manitoba.
Opinion: Gas tax cuts are bad fiscal policy

Aug 28, 2024 | winnipegfreepress.com | Niall Harney |Molly McCracken

By: Niall Harney and Molly McCracken Posted: 8:06 AM CDT Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024 Since the oil price shocks of 2021/22, gas taxes have become highly political in Canada. Premier Danielle Smith in Alberta and Ontario Premier Doug Ford slashed gas taxes in 2021/22.
Opinion: Integrated approach needed to end poverty

Jun 1, 2024 | brandonsun.com | Molly McCracken

Manitoba just earned a grade of F for food security, at a time when low-income people are struggling to afford to eat. The Canadian and Manitoban governments have committed themselves to respecting, protecting and fulfilling the human rights of people living in poverty. Yet poverty persists, denying Manitobans surviving under the poverty line the fundamental right to a reasonable standard of living. The problem is getting worse.
Opinion: Integrated approach needed to end poverty

May 31, 2024 | winnipegfreepress.com | Molly McCracken

By: Molly McCracken Posted: 2:00 AM CDT Friday, May. 31, 2024 Manitoba just earned a grade of F for food security, at a time when low-income people are struggling to afford to eat.
Opinion: Time to look for provincial revenue

Mar 4, 2024 | winnipegfreepress.com | Molly McCracken

Revenue is needed to pay for Manitoba’s pressing problems. The first budget of the new Manitoba government needs to shore up tax revenue to pay for essential public services and act on costly social and environmental challenges in Manitoba. This starts with reversing regressive tax cuts.
Opinion: Take aim at inequality

Oct 21, 2023 | winnipegfreepress.com | Molly McCracken

Manitoba elected Premier Kinew based on a message of unity and rejected politics of division. While this message of unity is primarily contrasted against the dog whistle attacks during the campaign against Indigenous and LGBTTQ+ communities, economic polarization is an important factor that makes people vulnerable to these tactics. For Kinew and his government to create unity, they must focus on reversing income inequality and promoting economic mobility.