SocialFinance.ca | Paul Martin on social enterprise

The Right Honourable Paul Martin, spoke recently at a Social Venture Partners Toronto event about social enterprise and its role in poverty alleviation in Canadian Aboriginal communities.

See below for an excerpt of an blog post from SocialFinance.ca blogger Karim Harji.

It’s not often that you hear Canadian politicians talk about social enterprise. Actually, it’s sometimes difficult to know whether many of them have even heard of the term. Of course, I am exaggerating slightly, since there are some good politicians across this country that are actively promoting for a more enabling environment for social enterprise. The province of Quebec is often cited as the most prominent example of an active government stance towards facilitating social enterprise, with notable results. And the previous Liberal government had a strong commitment to community economic development (CED), which had positive spinoff effects for social enterprise activity in many areas.

Read the full blog post here.