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Amplifying 2025 Federal Pre-budget Submissions

So many people and organizations are getting organized and bringing forward policy solutions for the federal government that seek to meet the moment. These solutions advance a shared agenda that will mobilize new capital, secure community wealth, create and maintain jobs, and create positive community benefits for all Canadians. This list is not exhaustive, but we want to amplify where we see synergies and shared impact.

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Build Canada Through Local Investment: A National Community Finance Strategy can provide the resources and enabling regulations to leverage existing infrastructure to mobilize new capital, create and maintain jobs, and create positive community benefits. Read Catalyst’s 2025 Pre-budget submission.

Catalytic Capital Lab by Thrive Impact Fund, 10C Shared Space and partners calling for an Impact Guarantee pool.

Philanthropic Foundations Canada / Fondations philanthropiques Canada calling for enabling regulations and policies for foundations to deploy more funding and capital.

Raven Outcomes calling for an Indigenous Outcomes Fund.

SVX is calling for a bold global agenda that integrates aid, trade, and impact investing.

Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada — Coopératives et mutuelles Canada is calling for 12 actions that can enable co-operatives to advance a more equitable and sustainable Canada.

 Social Capital Partners is calling for an inclusive ownership agenda.

In addition to those above, there are many recommendations that advance nature-based solutions, climate action and biodiversity; sustainable food systems; gender equality; housing affordability; and Indigenous reconciliation. They include:

6. Pembina Institute is calling for a plan to catalyze clean-growth investment: Indigenous energy opportunities, carbon removal, grid build-out, procurement to build markets: https://lnkd.in/grztiKYH

7. Green Budget Coalition is calling for Integrating Climate and Nature Across Canada’s Financial Systems, Fiscal Policy, and International Funding: https://lnkd.in/gp7aA9Qf

8. Canada’s Nature Advantage (facilitated by the good folks at Nature United) is advocating for nature is a powerful resource for growing a prosperous, sustainable, and proudly Canadian economy: https://lnkd.in/gbpJQNEp

There are ways we can take action today to encourage attention on all these submissions as well as advance them alongside the government.

Foundations and asset owners can sign a letter to government led by Definity Foundation

Take action on the Catalyst recommendations by emailing your local MP: https://lnkd.in/g4yAtAqA

Find and email your local MP to call for action: https://lnkd.in/gtUvSuMJ

If you don’t see your submission recognized here, please email us and we can add it to the list. It’s an old adage and still true: we are stronger together. 

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We have created a folder with some instructions and files to support you local media outreach.