Special Committee on Cooperatives committee  With Foothills, we finance the members of the Foothills Co-op to buy cattle. In this case, the security amounts to the livestock. What the members have done in that situation is come together to set up a pooled security fund as part of their membership in the co-op. It's a backs

Special Committee on Cooperatives committee  Generally that type of request could be turned around fairly quickly. Whether a farmer in Ontario who is experiencing a drought deals with Farm Credit or a bank or a credit union, I'd encourage them to see them very quickly and to discuss what the options are. The sooner you do g

Special Committee on Cooperatives committee  Yes.

Special Committee on Cooperatives committee  From a departmental perspective, or even a special program perspective, at the FCC at this time we don't have a special program that would be specifically designed for the cooperative sector. What we do with all of our customers is really try to look at their financial needs, wha

Special Committee on Cooperatives committee  Absolutely.