The importance of policy for community economic development

The project is managed by four regional partners — the Centre for the Study of Co-operatives and the Community-University Institute for Social Research at the University of Saskatchewan, the Winnipeg Inner-City Research Alliance, and the Community Economic and Social Development Unit at Algoma University College. [...] The policy provides guidance for addressing a concern through a process of formulation that involves the identification of a desired goal, and the identification and analysis of a range of actions that can result in promoting the realization of that goal in society. [...] The main policy instruments in place in Manitoba — the Lens, the Community and Economic Development Committee of Cabinet, and the Policy Framework — are compre- hensive and potentially powerful tools for improving the CED credentials and sensibilities of Manitoba’s policies. [...] L I N K I N G ,. L E A R N I N G ,. L E V E R A G I N G P R O J E C T T H E I M P O R T A N C E O F P O L I C Y F O R C E D. 2 3 The Hierarchy of the Manitoba Provincial Government This section attempts to outline the decision-making hierarchy of the Manitoba government for the purpose of understanding who is ultimately responsible for making government pol- icy that affects the CED sector in the [...] Although the Cabinet is responsible to the Legislature, in a majority government where party loyalty is strong enough to consistently assure a majority of votes, members of the House who are not part of the Cabinet have little recourse if opposed to the will of the Cabinet.