Are You Actively Considering Community Benefits in the Awarding of Government Procurement Programs?
Senator Omidvar asked Minister Jean-Yves Duclos about ensuring that public benefits are considered in the procurement process.
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How Infrastructure Funding Can Create Ladders to Opportunity
This articles describes how Community Benefit Agreements can offer a solution to the problem of growing income inequality.
OPINION: B.C. Joins Jurisdictions Scross North America Embracing CBA model
"CBAs make bids more competitive by bringing complete transparency to the wages and benefits that are paid to workers, and they ensure workers doing the same job at the same level receive the same wage."
Community Benefit Agreements, Mentorship and Inclusion
Jason Ottey explains the importance of mentorship in the construction trades.
How to get Community Benefits Agreements Right: Engage and Empower
"The success of a CBA depends on how well the community is defined, engaged and empowered throughout the planning and decision-making processes."
Mentorship Program Sims to Boost Number of Black Youth in GTA Construction
According to the 2018 Ontario's Apprenticeship Strategy, less than two per cent of people in apprenticeships in Ontario are visible minorities. This program hopes to change those numbers.
FAQs – Community Benefits
"For governments, community benefits help meet a range of other policy objectives, from poverty reduction to social inclusion and carbon reduction."
Community Benefit Agreements
CBAs give a voice to people in infrastructure planning and land development processes - especially excluded and marginalized individuals.
Community Benefits Agreements – Empowering Communities to Maximize Returns on Public Infrastructure Investments
Bill C-344 can align several government objectives, reduce poverty and ensure infrastructure investments build up communities.
Community Benefits in Practice and in Policy: Lessons from the United States and the United Kingdom
Informative research from September 2016 on the experience jurisdictions in the United Kingdom and the United States have had with community benefits.
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