Governance within the Social Economy Movement: the cases of Quebec and Manitoba 1

OUTLINE -Historical evolution of the structure -Current structure -Impacts: policy -Impacts: service delivery -Summary -Recommendations 2

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 3

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 4

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 5

QUEBEC: IMPACTS: POLICY  Chantier gives SE sector single voice  Legitimacy and recognition for SE  Entrenchment in political process 6

QUEBEC: IMPACTS: POLICY  Support for SE from existing bodies: CLDs  Preference for SE in service delivery  Legislative reform: coops 7

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 8

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 9

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 10

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 11

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 12

MANITOBA: CURRENT STRUCTURE  CCEDNet Manitoba: one attempt at unification Diverse membership Representative at policy level The ‘glue’ that connects other policy, advocacy campaigns 13

MANITOBA: IMPACTS: POLICY  Community and Economic Development Committee of Cabinet (CEDC)  CEDC Secretariat  CED Framework  CED Lens 14

MANITOBA: IMPACTS: POLICY  Core funding to CED organizations  Creation of other bodies: NRCs  Financing: CED Tax Credit 15

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) 16

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 17

MANITOBA: IMPACTS: SERVICE DELIVERY  Market development Social Purchasing Portal LITE 18

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 20