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?

Why It Matters

Oppressed communities have been hardest hit — health-wise, economically, and socially — by the pandemic. Many in the world of impact say this fact represents a failure of our social safety nets and an opportunity for a radical reimagination to help Canadians flourish.

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