Explainer: What Canada’s new national sovereign wealth fund means for the social sector (and why it’s different than the other one)
The new fund could reshape national investment priorities, and the social sector has a stake in how it’s defined
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This former Quebec solidarity minister’s message about who really drives social reform
Social progress occurs when the government recognizes checks and balances, she says.
Earth Day Q&A: Happiness in a finite world
Over the last ten years, Canada’s per capita footprint has declined, but so has Canadians’ life satisfaction.
How place-based investing could help finance cities’ climate plan: the LC3 network case
Climate-mitigation funding is drying up like the lakes and rivers it's trying to save. So how can Canada’s cities and municipalities pay for their plans when funding gaps prevent them? Social finance reporter Diane Berard explores the LC3 network in the case study below.
Lessons learned after Victoriaville backs off on its canopy charge for residents
The Quebec community had proposed a tax on trees being cut down - which stuck - but residents didn’t like a tax on yards with little tree cover.
