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Governance within the Social Economy Movement: the cases of Quebec and Manitoba. OUTLINE -Historical evolution of the structure -Current structure -Impacts: policy -Impacts: service delivery -Summary -Recommendations. QUEBEC: HISTORICAL EVOLUTION
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Governance within the Social Economy Movement: the cases of Quebec and Manitoba
OUTLINE -Historical evolution of the structure -Current structure -Impacts: policy -Impacts: service delivery -Summary -Recommendations
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
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
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
QUEBEC: IMPACTS: POLICY • Chantier gives SE sector single voice • Legitimacy and recognition for SE • Entrenchment in political process
QUEBEC: IMPACTS: POLICY • Support for SE from existing bodies: CLDs • Preference for SE in service delivery • Legislative reform: coops
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
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
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 • “valeursajoutees” • Purchasing portals • Lobbying for procurement: City of Montreal
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
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
MANITOBA: CURRENT STRUCTURE • CCEDNet Manitoba: one attempt at unification • Diverse membership • Representative at policy level • The ‘glue’ that connects other policy, advocacy campaigns
MANITOBA: IMPACTS: POLICY • Community and Economic Development Committee of Cabinet (CEDC) • CEDC Secretariat • CED Framework • CED Lens
MANITOBA: IMPACTS: POLICY • Core funding to CED organizations • Creation of other bodies: NRCs • Financing: CED Tax Credit
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)
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
MANITOBA: IMPACTS: SERVICE DELIVERY • Market development • Social Purchasing Portal • LITE
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
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