Former Prime Minister of Canada Paul Martin speaking at the Centre for Social Innovation in Toronto as part of the 3rd Canadian Conference on Social Enterprise.
Paul Martin touched on the topic of creating an enabling environment for social entrepreneurs, and coming from a government/policy background, he urges the Canadian government to provide the same incentives to social entrepreneurs it provides to business entrepreneurs as a way to level the playing field. This will only happen if we choose to act on pushing for governance policy changes to create the proper legal and taxation structures in order for social enterprises to thrive in Canada. This can be achieved through public policy advocacy at the federal and provincial levels.
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