About 170 people took part in the Regenerative Food Systems Investment Canada summit in Winnipeg last week, where recurring themes included finding flexible capital for farmers, protecting Canada’s food sovereignty and farmers’ role in mitigating climate change.
Quebec’s pension giant proves renewables can outperform oil — and exposes how far behind the rest of Canada’s funds really are.
A new disclosure framework gives Canadian investors their first standardized way to assess whether their real estate portfolios align with the human right to housing.
Backr could solve a big barrier to local investing: the lack of infrastructure connecting everyday Canadians to community finance tools.
Broader shifts show donations are slowing in major urban centres, while rural and smaller centres are picking up the slack.
Measures announced include a permanent employee ownership tax incentive, a simpler application process for the Disability Tax Credit, and a reduction in Canada Pension Plan (CPP) contributions.
The new fund could reshape national investment priorities, and the social sector has a stake in how it’s defined
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.
New research into the impact of the disbursement quota changes has found that 1,190 foundations, primarily private, were affected. According to Imagine Canada’s principal researcher David Lasby, these foundations would previously have been “disbursing below the levels required by the new quota.”
KJ Conyers-Steede is piloting a peer-to-peer community financing model that can be scaled and replicated across rural Canada.
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