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Building Community Wealth in Canada
Lisa Helps, Housing Solutions Advisor to B.C.’s Premier
As one of the five pillars of community wealth building, community ownership emphasizes local control and democratic decision-making over the use of assets to create economic opportunities for communities.
Ownership determines who benefits most from the wealth generated from an asset. Too many assets that have the potential to generate significant wealth for communities are ending up in the hands of absentee owners.
While community ownership represents the potential to transform local economies, achieving the scale necessary to realize this goal will require bold and urgent action among leaders across all sectors.
Thank you to the many original thinkers who contributed to this paper for sharing your hopes, experiences and ideas on the way forward to both imagine and realize a better future for all. We hope that we have honoured your valuable contributions. As authors, we personally take responsibility for any errors or omissions in this paper.
Ownership Matters is part of a larger research project of Royal Roads University and Scale Institute and is supported by funding from the Vancouver Foundation and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
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