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Posted on 01/12/08

With the right skills, a community can lead its own recovery

Judith Maxwell is the former head of the Economic Council of Canada and the Canadian Policy Research Networks

When Finance Minister Jim Flaherty addresses the recession in his forthcoming budget, he will use the standard tool kit - cutting taxes, spending more on infrastructure, and so on. But he should also test some promising new tools - tools that can support individuals to be more resilient and enable communities to develop their own solutions.

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