The Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNet) believes that now is the time for the deliberate construction of government and/or private sector policies that will both scale up the level of CED activities in Canada and improve the effectiveness of those activities. To develop an agenda that CCEDNet can vigorously and credibly pursue, a series of
five regional meetings, culminating in a National Policy Forum, discussed a range of ideas provided by a widely circulated draft framework. This present statement, then, arises from the consideration and analysis by several hundred participants (organisations and individuals) in these forums, and it represents the official policy position of CCEDNet.