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Worker-owned forestry enterprises in the North, paramedic coops and the sheer number of worker-owners place Québec in the company of other coop strongholds like the Basque region of [[Spain]] and Emilia-Romagna in Northern [[Italy]]. In fact, there are over 7,000 coops and nonprofit businesses in Quebec employing over 150,000 people and generating over $17 billion in sales. <ref>[http://www.shareable.net/blog/montr%C3%A9als-blooming-social-economy-confronts-fiscal-pruning Shareable]</ref> | |||
[http://www.chantier.qc.ca/?lang=eng Chantier de l'économie sociale] | [http://www.chantier.qc.ca/?lang=eng Chantier de l'économie sociale] | ||
Revision as of 16:52, 24 September 2015
Initiatives by topic
Food activism
Le Potager enchanté, organic vegetable farm on a human scale
Sharing
La Remise, Montreal
Towards sustainable economies
Worker-owned forestry enterprises in the North, paramedic coops and the sheer number of worker-owners place Québec in the company of other coop strongholds like the Basque region of Spain and Emilia-Romagna in Northern Italy. In fact, there are over 7,000 coops and nonprofit businesses in Quebec employing over 150,000 people and generating over $17 billion in sales. [1]
Chantier de l'économie sociale
The definition of Social Economy used by the Chantier de l'économie sociale in Quebec follows: The Social Economy is made up of association-based economic activities founded on values of:
- Service to members or the community rather than only generating profits and seeking financial returns;
- Autonomous management (not government controlled);
- Democratic decision making;
- Primacy of persons and work over capital;
- Based on principles of participation, empowerment and individual and collective responsibility.
The Social Economy includes:
- social assets (housing, childcare centres, etc.) of community organizations;
- social enterprises including co- operatives and revenue-generating programs of non profit groups;
- credit unions and social financing organizations like community loan funds;
- training and skills development enterprises; and
- sectoral and regional organizations e.g. renewal energy associations. W
Interwiki links
Wikipedia: Quebec, Quebec, Energy, Quebec, Environmental and energy policy
External links
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