As announced by the Canadian Co-operative Association and others last recently, the termination of the Co-operative Development Initiative and the drastic cuts to the Rural and Co-operatives Secretariat will have a significant impact on the development of new co-operative businesses, jobs, and services for communities throughout Canada.
In a year that the United Nations has declared the “International Year of Cooperatives” - which the federal government endorsed at the United Nations and has been a partner in supporting - the elimination of the only federal government program dedicated to co-op development is not only hard to understand, it is misguided and will result in a negative economic impact much greater than the short-term spending that is “saved.”
Lisa Heydlauff
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