•On September 26, 2013, the
Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and
Employment announced “Impact - A Social Enterprise Strategy
for Ontario” to support social enterprises in Ontario
•Social enterprises “use business
strategies to maximize [their] social and environmental
impact”
•The Social Enterprise Strategy
aims to:
–Connect, co-ordinate and
communicate information to, and about, social enterprise
–Build the social enterprise
brand
–Create a vibrant social finance
marketplace
–Deliver service, support and
solutions
•It is not known
when enabling legislation will be introduced