First of all, I would agree on the concept of social economy. We've spent a lot of time on it. The phrase that we prefer to use is “community enterprises”. I think that is something that resonates and is better understood.
One example could be a home care worker co-op in a community where there are disabled people or seniors in a community who need access to some home care services. People come into their homes and look after them.
It could be a program for street kids, to get kids off the street and working in a restaurant. We have one in Toronto, with the River Restaurant.
It could be a health care co-op in a community where there are no services. It would allow people to access health care services.
So if we think about community-based enterprises, that helps people to better understand the many different ways that these small organizations, both for-profit and non-profit, can help to meet community needs.