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In the Greater Montréal area,
the ministère des Affaires municipales, du Sport
et du Loisir oversees the Politique de soutien au développement
local et régional du gouvernement du Québec.
The department provides funding for local
development centres, including CDECs recognized as local
development centres, and through them makes available business
assistance funds. Its initiatives foster:
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assistance for young promoters;
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the development of enterprises in the social economy;
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the start-up and consolidation of businesses through the
local investment fund.
In partnership with the CDEC Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce,
the ministère des Affaires municipales, du Sport
et du Loisir is making available to the local community
the means of promoting economic development and job creation,
bearing in mind the community’s objectives and priorities
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The
partnership between Economic Development Canada (DEC)
and CDEC makes it possible to effectively address
the needs of various sectors of economic activity
in the Côte-des-Neiges/Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
borough. This collaboration, in concert with local
partners, allows for the implementation of initiatives
that support the development of the district.
Association with DEC emphasizes
job creation, looks towards the future, and, through
encouragement of entrepreneurship at the local level
ensures thta communities such as Côte-des-Neiges/Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
can continue to act as catalysts to development.
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The
CDEC
CDN/NDG is an important partner in Employment Quebec's
mission of combating unemployment and exclusion in the
borough. To that end, the CLE works with the CDEC in
several areas, including the following:
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Joint
action with the borough's employability consultation
committee, a committee dedicated to carrying out initiatives
with our partners in the fight against unemployment
and exclusion;
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Start-up of innovative projects to assist in integrating
our fellow unemployed citizens into the labour market,
through the Local Initiatives Fund (FIL);
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Development of local entrepreurship through the Self-Employment
Assistance program;
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Start-up of value added social economy projects for
the community;
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Assistance to our companies in management of their human
resources;
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Realization of a local employment action plan (PAL)
and the local economic and employment action plan (PLAÉE) |
As
descibed in the City Contract, the City of Montreal
agrees on behalf of the boroughs to support
the CDECs in the following ways :
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Sign, in accordance with article 12 of the Act
respecting the Ministère des Régions,
a management contract with the Department and
CLDs other than the CDECs accredited as CLDs,
outlining results objectives and accounting
methods.
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Financially support the operation of the former
Ville de Montreal’s CLDs to the amount
of $880 000 per year.
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Encourage cooperation among local development
centres and municipal economic development departments
and the boroughs to promote the development
of businesses and entrepreneurship in the City.
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Ensure that the entrpreneurship support services
provided for in the Act respecting the Ministere
des Regions are available throughout the entire
City. In this regard, suggest to the Minister
the best way to organise these services in those
areas not served by community economic development
corporations and economic development corporations
accredited as CLDs.
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