Governance within the Social Economy Movement: the cases of Quebec and Manitoba 1.
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Governance within the Governance within the Social Economy Movement: Social Economy Movement:
the cases of Quebec and the cases of Quebec and ManitobaManitoba
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OUTLINE-Historical evolution of the structure -Current structure -Impacts: policy -Impacts: service delivery -Summary -Recommendations
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QUEBEC: HISTORICAL EVOLUTION Key moment: 1996 Summit on the
Economy and employment • Bouchard government convenes civil
society • Taskforce reaches consensus, common
definition, recommendations • Taskforce becomes Chantier
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QUEBEC: HISTORICAL EVOLUTION Pre 1996: prior consolidation • 100+ years of coops, unification under
CCQ• Prior social economy summits • Women’s movement: Bread and Roses • ‘Economic militantism’ of social
movements
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QUEBEC: CURRENT STRUCTURE Chantier: inclusive, representative,
formalized governance structure • ‘electoral college’• reps from various types of organizations • regional reps
Tensions with ‘sub-sectors’ : coops, social movements
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QUEBEC: IMPACTS: POLICY Chantier gives SE sector single voice Legitimacy and recognition for SE Entrenchment in political process
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QUEBEC: IMPACTS: POLICY Support for SE from existing bodies:
CLDs Preference for SE in service delivery Legislative reform: coops
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QUEBEC: IMPACTS: SERVICE DELIVERY Services to SE sector delivered by SE
sector, mainly thru Chantier Finance• responds to recommendations made by
Taskforce • Addresses weak link for SE sector • RISQ • Chantier Trust
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QUEBEC: IMPACTS: SERVICE DELIVERY Technical assistance• CSMO-ESAC: comprehensive labor market
development• RISQ
Public, stakeholder engagement • Chantier’s unification of sector • Common definition • Legitimization and recognition of sector
by public thru work of Chantier
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QUEBEC: IMPACTS: SERVICE DELIVERY Learning, education and research
• University-SE sector partnership research: ARUC, RQRP
• CIRIEC Canada • Chantier’s international role: GESQ, RIPESS,
international exchanges
Market development• “valeurs ajoutees”• Purchasing portals• Lobbying for procurement: City of Montreal
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MANITOBA: HISTORICAL EVOLUTION 1999: Doer’s NDP government• CED activists, practitioners integrate
government: Kostyra, MacKinnon • Greater legitimacy of CED • Greater access to ‘halls of power’
Prior organization: Choices
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MANITOBA: CURRENT STRUCTURE CED sector less cohesive than in
Quebec ‘sub-sectors’ have their own reps:
Francophone, Aboriginal, Coops, Mutuals
Organizations around specific campaigns, advocacy work: Right to Housing, Raise the Rates, make Poverty History, Manitoba Food Charter, etc
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MANITOBA: CURRENT STRUCTURE CCEDNet Manitoba: one attempt at
unification• Diverse membership • Representative at policy level• The ‘glue’ that connects other policy,
advocacy campaigns
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MANITOBA: IMPACTS: POLICY Community and Economic
Development Committee of Cabinet (CEDC)
CEDC Secretariat CED Framework CED Lens
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MANITOBA: IMPACTS: POLICY Core funding to CED organizations Creation of other bodies: NRCs Financing: CED Tax Credit
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MANITOBA: IMPACTS: SERVICE DELIVERY Channeled thru partnerships of Govt
and CED sector Financing
• Delivered by Government: WPA, NA!, core funding of CEDOs, Loan financing
• Tax Credit
Technical Assistance• CED Technical Assistance Program
(CEDTAS)
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MANITOBA: IMPACTS: SERVICE DELIVERY Public, stakeholder engagement
• Advocacy, policy campaigns • CCEDNet publications, newsletters, events
Learning, education and research• CED Training Intermediary • CCEDNet conferences, workshops, courses • Research: CED and New Economy, MRA-TIAC,
participation in CSERP
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MANITOBA: IMPACTS: SERVICE DELIVERY
Market development • Social Purchasing Portal• LITE
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SUMMARY Quebec SE sector more cohesive than in
Manitoba Quebec: better financing tools Quebec: greater role for SE sector in
service delivery Quebec: SE sector more central role in
policy co-construction Responsive government, key in both Both, prior organization of sector led to
advent of responsive government 19
RECOMMENDATIONS More unification needed in Manitoba A formalized, official channel for
dialogue with government Importance of developing strong
financing mechanisms run by sector Even incipient organizing and
advocacy is effective; continue these efforts
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