“The Federal Government’s Omnibus Crime Bill C-10 will cost Manitoba taxpayers $90 million a year when it becomes law” according to John Hutton, executive director of the John Howard Society of Manitoba.
Posted: March 1, 2012
On February 27, CCEDNet sent the following letter to Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty calling for the federal government to renew the co-operative development initiative (CDI) in 2012, the international year of co-operatives.
By facilitating the start-up and expansion of new co-operatives through project funding and advisory services, the CDI program makes an important contribution to Canada’s economic growth. Funding for this program amounts to approximately $4 million per year, a relatively small expenditure given the impact it has had on co-operative development.
Posted: December 19, 2011
At the conclusion of the International Forum on the Social and Solidarity Economy, Québec's Minister of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy suggested that an interprovincial meeting on the social economy be held to continue to advance and support work that provinces are doing across Canada.
This report is written by Kirsten Bernas and Brendan Reimer of the CCEDNet-Manitoba office as part of the Linking, Learning, Leveraging paper series.
Posted: October 19, 2011
This spring, CCEDNet’s Policy Council updated our Policy Priorities to build on the momentum of last year’s National Summit on a People-Centred Economy. A summary version has been sent to every MP’s Ottawa office, and we encourage you to send it to your constituency offices when promoting your work with federal partners.
Posted: September 9, 2011
Governments are looking for ways to support families and children, to reinforce learning and innovation, and to encourage community involvement in an era of fiscal restraint. With population aging increasing pressures on the labour market, growing health care costs straining budgets and initiatives to reduce carbon emissions prompting economic shifts, the need for cost effective delivery of essential goods and services to Canadians is reinforced.
