Community Wealth Candidates

Building a democratic Canadian economy around Worker Cooperatives, Community Land Trusts, and the progressive use of Anchor Institutions.

[Community Wealth Candidates @CWCandidates]

Landlords are destroying community staples through land value extraction.
Where they exist, Community Land Trusts are doing the opposite and saving them.
We need to enormously expand the latter and shrink the former.

[Community Wealth Candidates @CWCandidates]

ENDORSEMENT!!!
We are thrilled to endorse accomplished affordable housing champion and community wealth builder @DianaYoonTO for Toronto City Council, University-Rosedale ward!

[Community Wealth Candidates @CWCandidates]

ENDORSEMENT!
This morning we are excited to release our second Guelph endorsement. Kim Fry is a terrific principled and dedicated community wealth candidate for Ward 2!

[Community Wealth Candidates @CWCandidates]

ENDORSEMENT!
We're thrilled to endorse the excellent campaign of Katherine Strongwind for Sooke Council!

[Community Wealth Candidates @CWCandidates]

ENDORSEMENT!!
Disability justice and labour organizer Jay Woodruff is running for mayor in Clarence-Rockdale, and had made a strong push to recalibrate local development around community wealth building!

[Community Wealth Candidates @CWCandidates]

ENDORSEMENT!
We are thrilled to again endorse longstanding community wealth building champion Kevin Bowman in Guelph!
His statement hits the nail on the head.
Great candidates now in St. Catharines, Guelph, and Victoria, with more to come!

[Community Wealth Candidates @CWCandidates]

ENDORSEMENT!
This morning we're thrilled to swing to the west coast and endorse Dr. Jeremy Caradonna for re-election in Victoria, BC!

[Community Wealth Candidates @CWCandidates]

ENDORSEMENT!
Our FIRST municipal endorsement of 2026 is for @calebratzlaff, Ward 4, St. Catharines! We endorsed Caleb’s victorious campaign in 2022, and he has been an absolute powerhouse in bringing Community Wealth Building—and PERMANENT affordable housing--to Niagara.

[CoopsCanada @CoopsCanada]

Today, we celebrate the International Day of Co-operatives.

Co-operatives across Canada are building bridges every day. 🌎
Behind every point on the map is a co‑operative strengthening local communities together.

🔗 Explore the Map: https://t.co/qrxfatfPA8

[Community Wealth Candidates @CWCandidates]

Happy Canada Day!
Our economy should be democratized for our citizens, not made the plaything of giant and extractive absentee owners.
Politicians who say they love our country should prove it.
It's time to build community wealth.

[Democracy Collaborative @DemocracyCollab]

Urban Affairs Review journal has published an online symposium on #CommunityWealthBuilding

Read all ten essays at https://t.co/bWwk86yGez

And find the introductory piece here 👉 https://t.co/URRDOBa6p4

[Community Wealth Candidates @CWCandidates]

HAPPY WORLD COMMUNITY LAND TRUST DAY!
Started by Black American farmers, CLTs are now core to Community Wealth Building globally, providing PERMANENT affordable housing and local economic democracy.
The CLT movement is rapidly expanding across Canada.
With much more to come.

[Community Wealth Candidates @CWCandidates]

@HMcPhersonNDP Heather ran a good faith and cordial campaign, and is classy here again.

[Community Wealth Candidates @CWCandidates]

Congratulations @avilewis, whom we endorsed, on winning the NDP leadership on the first ballot!
We were thrilled Avi directly supported Community Wealth Building in his campaign.
We hope this leads to a stronger push for CWB in Canada at a time when it is needed more than ever.

[Community Wealth Candidates @CWCandidates]

ENDORSEMENT!
We're thrilled to endorse @avilewis for leader of the federal NDP.
We're especially glad see Avi's bold platform includes two of our top federal priorities since we started in 2021: a Right of First Refusal for workers and a National Worker Ownership Fund!

[Jacobin @jacobin]

A new report finds wealth in Canada concentrating to levels that evoke the Gilded Age.

As dynastic fortunes continue to balloon, so too does capital’s leverage over politics and public life: https://t.co/MHdDM6E9qs

[Community Wealth Candidates @CWCandidates]

Great to see @avilewis, whom we've endorsed, covering Community Land Trusts.
CLTs have become core to building community wealth.
They bring local economic democracy and *permanent* affordable housing together.
And they work from Toronto to Whitehorse. 👍
https://t.co/QRasXaeGci

[Community Wealth Candidates @CWCandidates]

Scotland has passed the first national community wealth building legislation.
We've pushed for a Canadian federal CWB agenda long before Trump attacked our sovereignty.
Now more than ever, Canada should be building robust community wealth coast to coast.
https://t.co/N2x1fBsMvc

[Democracy Collaborative @DemocracyCollab]

"...the Scottish Community Wealth Bill is a beacon not just for lawmakers far and wide but for everyone wishing to unlock collective power in communities and workplaces..."

Our Comms Director @JoanaRamiroUK featured in @ScotNational today.

Full story 👉 https://t.co/HGhUIIkGTr

[Community Wealth Candidates @CWCandidates]

Scotland has passed the first national community wealth building legislation.
We've pushed for a Canadian federal CWB agenda long before Trump attacked our sovereignty.
Now more than ever, Canada should be building robust community wealth coast to coast.
https://t.co/N2x1fBsMvc

[Community Wealth Candidates @CWCandidates]

Scotland has passed the world's first NATIONAL community wealth building legislation!
An important milestone.
Let's do Canada next.

[John Swinney @JohnSwinney]

Scotland just became the first country in the world to pass a Community Wealth Building law.

Here’s how it will help local communities, local businesses and create local jobs. 👇

[Community Wealth Candidates @CWCandidates]

The NDP especially can't be "characters in search of a plot."
Mainstream parties are entrenching failed neoliberalism.
But we need bold alternatives to neoliberalism now more than ever.
Those alternatives should be rooted in economic democracy and community wealth.

[Canadian Dimension @CDN_Dimension]

Doly Begum’s shock defection highlights the NDP’s challenges, but Avi Lewis is emerging as the candidate with the progressive vision to steer the party into the future, positioning him to rebuild trust, clarify the party’s purpose, and energize the base. https://t.co/KeVmBHpaTE