Why this organization is pivoting from helping people get jobs to helping them own businesses

Authors Jon Shell & Bill Young
Social Capital Partnersโ€™ new focus is on boosting employee ownership in Canada

Why It Matters

New data suggests Canada may actually be among the most economically unequal in the OECD โ€” and COVID-19 has brought that inequality into stark relief. While tackling income inequality gets most of the focus and is one way to close the gap, itโ€™s just as important to build tools and policies that target the other part of the wealth equation: ownership.

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