Provincial, territorial and local government spending across Canada is in excess of $400 billion annually. And even at these current levels, budgets continue to be squeezed, cut and restricted. Meanwhile social challenges amplify, remaining unmet and driving us to find new solutions

Quebec's Minister of Finance, Carlos Leitão, presented the 2015-16 budget on March 26th. For the Chantier de l'économie sociale, a Canadian CED Network partner, the budget announced some very interesting measures for the development of the social economy even though some others cause concern.

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released today their annual Alternative Federal Budget (AFB).

The UK government has announced a significant new investment that will give communities greater control over what happens locally. 

The Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services is seeking feedback on a new report on a potential framework for social enterprise legislation for the incorporation of "hybrid" corpora