Policy News & Blog
CCVO closely monitors, analyzes and reports on policy changes that impact the nonprofit sector. We want to ensure that you are prepared to respond to changing political environments and maximize your impact by keeping you informed on opportunities to engage. Reference our policy news and blogs below to stay up to date and know when decisions are being made that could affect the community you serve. If you’re looking for other insights about the nonprofit sector, reference our general CCVO blog here.
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Latest Policy Blog Posts
You can help us establish a strong mandate for appropriate funding for the nonprofit sector. CCVO has launched an opportunity for Alberta nonprofits to give direct input into the immediate funding priorities for the sector and the long-term strategies for funding the sector.
The Government of Alberta has launched a new website that provides comprehensive information and resources to support nonprofits serving Albertans. It includes information on how to start, fund, manage and end a nonprofit; available programs, services and grants for nonprofits; nonprofit data; learning and capacity building opportunities; and board member training. Check out the new site here.
In September, 93 nonprofits signed a letter asking City Council to take the next step in passing the recommendations from the Housing and Affordability Task Force and on September 16, the Council voted 12-3 in favour of the Housing Strategy. Thank you for taking the time to support this outcome! The next step is to weigh in on the City’s Adjustments to the 2023-2026 Service Plans and Budgets until November 20, 2023. Want to weigh in? Share your comments or sign up to speak here.
CCVO’s team attended yesterday’s Speech from the Throne to hear about government’s priorities and to meet with elected officials to let them know that our essential sector remains ready and willing partners in addressing challenges and seizing opportunities for Albertans. You can always get the text of the speech online, but there is nothing like being in the room.
Last week, CCVO put out a call for support in asking City Council to take the next step in passing the recommendations from the Housing and Affordability Task Force. And you answered! 50 nonprofits have already signed on to support this request. Thank you for the overwhelming support so far!
With the election a month behind us, we’re using the summer to hunker down and plan our next steps. Kind of like hibernating, but on the opposite schedule of bears. Safer that way.
We’re considering how to keep nonprofit issues on the agenda, whose agenda to put them on, and whether those issues have substantially changed in the last year. You’ll be hearing more from us on that for the remainder of 2023. For now, we’re reflecting on what we’ve accomplished over the past year - so we can build on what’s worked, and let go of what hasn’t.
Albertans went to the polls on May 29 - some of us proudly bearing our party hats! The UCP was re-elected with 52.6% of the popular vote and 49 seats, and the NDP garnered 44% of the popular vote and 38 seats - Alberta’s largest official opposition on record. To help you assess your next steps with the Province, we’re sharing three things: 1) who your ministers and critics are; 2) our advocacy tools; and 3) key items in the UCP Platform and Government of Alberta Budget.
We’re looking to party platforms in the 2023 Provincial Election for alignment with The Nonprofit Vote’s priorities.
The NDP responded to the Rozsa Foundation and The Nonprofit Vote’s VoteArtsAB campaign with a commitment to:
provide a 50% funding increase to the Alberta Foundation for the Arts;
provide a standalone Arts Capital Grants Program to support a range of projects in urban centres; and
create a Live Entertainment Advisory Council to showcase and amplify Alberta talent, and coordinate and attract world-class shows and events to Alberta.
On Monday, April 24th, The Nonprofit Vote hosted Rachel Notley to an audience of nearly 300 nonprofit leaders at The Grand Theatre in Calgary. There will be lots to come in our analysis of all party platforms, but one notable tidbit from this event is that NDP Leader Rachel Notley announced a $240M commitment to FCSS and related programs, representing $80M above the existing budget.
Read older posts in our policy blog archive.