This is just a side comment about my experience. I ran my own small business for 15 years and was a chamber director at the B.C. Chamber of Commerce. The perspective of almost every entrepreneur I know who has done well is that they've never looked at taxation as the purpose for their business. The purpose of their business is to execute their dream, right? It's a vehicle. Anyone who says that it's all about lower taxes.... As long as you have money coming in the door, most entrepreneurs don't care about lower taxes. They care about doing what they do best. I want to leave that there, because I don't want to create a perception that entrepreneurs are only about paying less tax. That's just false. I think people need to talk to more entrepreneurs. They'll find the same thing.
In regard to co-ops, I sincerely believe that co-ops should play a larger role. Again, they're a different kind of structure, but it seems that past governments—and I'm including this government here, but I'm not making any predictions—have not added significant tools to make Canadian co-ops more usable. For example, foreigners can't be a part of a co-op in Canada, or at least a Canadian one; that's my understanding. What kinds of things can co-ops do to help deal with succession planning and to offer more choices of ownership for Canadians?