Human Resources committee  I would say that would be a perfect example where social enterprise, a form of social finance or social investment, would be perfect, but we would limit that to turning a profit. We would want to stop at the point where our private investors make a profit.

Human Resources committee  Certainly. Thank you for the question. I'll start with an anecdote that benchmarking and applying market logic or market rationale to social services can often put the client in a position they shouldn't be in. I was going to bring up, but you already brought it up, that we are

Human Resources committee  Thank you.

Human Resources committee  Yes. We would just not have social impact bonds. We would have some forms of this. Certainly, we believe in social enterprise or in social investments that don't require or look to turn a profit other than the social good. We are just not for, we are totally opposed to, essentia

Human Resources committee  I don't think so, no. I think we understand that different forms of social investments, so those that don't necessarily look to create a profit, can exist happily in a blended model of service delivery with public services.

Human Resources committee  Including the CST aspect in the speech was more about talking about broad principles that we would like to see govern all forms of social investments or social finance in Canada. We were putting it slightly tongue-in-cheek to say that the Government of Canada federally transfers

Human Resources committee  I would answer that is exactly what CASW was worried about. We are very worried about small not-for-profit or other social services organizations losing their autonomy and feeling co-opted, or that there are benchmarking systems breathing down the necks of front-line workers and

Human Resources committee  I'll be starting. Good afternoon. On behalf of the board of the Canadian Association of Social Workers and our provincial and territorial partner organizations, I'd like to thank the HUMA committee for hearing the perspective of social workers in this dialogue on the potential o