Canada’s $755 million Social Finance Fund has the potential to accelerate the growth of Canada’s social finance market. Will there be enough skilled people to support it?
LePage founded and nurtured several social enterprises in his career and had only retired a few months before.
Small and medium businesses have long waited for a review of Canada’s Competition Act but worry larger corporations have too much regulatory influence. Smaller businesses say this means their concerns continue to be ignored, hampering their efforts to grow.
There is little criminal and legal protection for staff members who are targeted personally by cyberbullies - many of whom also identify as being part of the same marginalized communities they work with.
Non-profit employees routinely asked to do work for which they aren't paid or outside their skillset leads to higher turnover rates, burnout, and reduced service capability.
Hate crimes are rising, and tensions have spiked this week since the attack on Gaza in October. As protesters set up encampments at several Canadian universities, social purpose organizations are struggling to make their workplaces safe for all their employees.
