We encourage creative and innovative approaches to community economic development by promoting an entrepreneurial culture, and supporting businesses to connect to resources in order to grow.

We identify and address challenges and opportunities facing workers and employers such as enhanced skills development and recognition of multilingualism as key benefit to economic development.

Our organizational planning and long-term strategy is driven by community-based leadership in many different forms. We invite you to participate on a CEDEC Community Resource Team to share your ideas and resources for community economic development.

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Conference Board of Canada Study, reveals that the knowledge of both official languages is an asset to the Canadian Economy

Conference Board of Canada Study, reveals that the knowledge of both official languages is an asset to the Canadian Economy

Press Release For Immediate Distribution Ottawa, ON, June 19, 2013 -  According to the Conference Board of Canada study, Canada, Bilingualism and Trade, bilingualism leads definitively to important economic advantages. In...>

Love Your Local Business Contest Set to Launch Again in Quebec

Love Your Local Business Contest Set to Launch Again in Quebec

Montreal, May 22, 2013 – Following a very successful debut in 2012, CEDEC once again will host its “Love Your Local Business Contest” to promote small businesses in Quebec and...>

Leverage $ocial Media for Your Small Business

Leverage $ocial Media for Your Small Business

As a small business owner you live the adage ‘time is money’ every day. However, many small business owners still can’t see how spending a few minutes a day on social...>

Cultivating a taste for the co-op model

Cultivating a taste for the co-op model

Co-operatives are businesses and businesses are designed to make a profit. Due to the flexibility of this model, the co-op movement is seeing growth in the number of people who...>

Growing Forward Gardening Forum

Growing Forward Gardening Forum

Planting the seeds of economic opportunity was the main purpose behind the Growing Forward Gardening Forum in Hopetown on March 23. With the numbers of participants far surpassing expectation, it...>

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