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

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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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