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Budget,
Economic Development,
Industry,
Small Business,
Taxation and Finance
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Carbon Rebate for Small Business - Ensuring that co-operatives and credit unions are qualify, as they are currently excluded.
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Economic Development,
Employment and Training,
Regional Development,
Small Business
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Educating Parliamentarians and public servants on the co-operative model, the advantages and challenges faced by co-ops. Lack of awareness causes oversight and issues in programs and policies, when co-operatives should have access to the Business support and other programs offered by, or supported by, the government.
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Economic Development,
Regional Development,
Small Business
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Ensuring increased support to co-operatives and social enterpries, as underserved business models, by the BDC. As per the recent Legislative Review, co-operatives are significantly underserved by the BDC.
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Budget,
Economic Development,
Regional Development,
Research and Development,
Small Business
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Establishing a Canadian Co-operative Capacity Building Program (CCBP) equipped with federal funding to help co-operatives either start up, scale up, gain skills and expertise, and or prepare for their next steps.
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Budget,
Economic Development,
Regional Development,
Taxation and Finance
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Establishing a Federal Co-operative Investment Plan, inspired buy the one in Quebec.
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Budget,
Small Business,
Taxation and Finance
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Harmonizing tax rules and incentives related to Employee-Ownership Trusts, to ensure that business succession (conversions) to employee-owned worker co-operatives are eligible.
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Budget,
Economic Development,
Regional Development,
Small Business
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Investments in co-operative-led programs to provide bridges to employment, support entrepreneurship, safeguard local businesses, create jobs and make life more affordable for Canadians, in particular women, newcomers, Indigenous people, youth, and Canadians living in rural communities.
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Budget,
Economic Development,
Regional Development,
Small Business,
Taxation and Finance
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Promoting Business Conversions to Co-operatives as a means of safeguarding jobs and economic drivers in communities
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Budget,
Small Business
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Support or investment in the Canadian Co-operative Investment Fund which provides patient capital and lending to finance the capitalization of new and emerging co-operatives. The fund exists and was set up with $25 million from the co-operative sector.
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Small Business,
Taxation and Finance
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To expand the definitions and exemption criteria so that all qualifying co-operatives can remain eligible for the Small Business Deduction (SBD).
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Agriculture,
Budget,
Taxation and Finance
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To promote the renewal of the Tax-deferred Co-operative Share Program to help agricultural co-operatives meet their capitalization needs and remain a viable option for agribusinesses while allowing Canadian co-operatives to be stronger in the face of international competitors.
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