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Canada’s social safety nets are failing. 12 social impact leaders share bold ideas to reimagine them.

The federal budget is being tabled today. Is this a moment for transforming our social supports?

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Budget 2021: A new social contract?
Canada’s next budget will shape the COVID-19 recovery. Here’s what the social impact sector wants.

These eleven social purpose organizations shared their priorities for the expected spring budget in a series of submissions late last year.

American democracy is fragile after Trump. What about Canada’s?

Elements of Trumpism have made their way north over the last four years and Canadian social impact organizations may have a part to play in improving democratic trust.

President Biden is promising major immigration changes, but COVID-19 is the immediate challenge for newcomer organizations

Sector leaders and advocates say bigger concerns at the moment around working with refugees during the COVID-19 pandemic

What will President Biden’s bold climate goals mean for climate action in Canada?

The new administration could offer Canada a role model and competitor in reducing greenhouse gases, promoting renewable energy, and offering a just transition

Six big ways Biden’s policy choices will affect Canadian social impact work

Many of the U.S.’s major social issues are also present in Canada, and social impact organizations will need to tackle them

Will the non-profit sector get a home in the federal government in 2021? Senator Ratna Omidvar weighs in.

The pandemic saw “a shift in the understanding at the federal level of how important the sector really is,” Sen. Omidvar says, and a new Minister of Innovation could provide even more momentum

Biden 2021: The new President’s influence on Canadian social impact

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How has Trump’s presidency changed social justice in Canada?

Far-right extremism, the climate crisis, and reproductive rights issues are all taking root here — but Trump isn’t entirely to blame.

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