Special Committee on Cooperatives committee  The Magdalen Islands, Quebec.

Special Committee on Cooperatives committee  Yes.

Special Committee on Cooperatives committee  Yes. In our experience, we find it very difficult, as cooperatives, to access the federal and provincial programs. It's very similar to the capitalization that Tom talked about. Governments have a real difficulty understanding how co-ops are capitalized, and they are basically ve

Special Committee on Cooperatives committee  Yes, exactly.

Special Committee on Cooperatives committee  I'm talking about a little bit of both. I'm talking mainly about start-ups, but I know that in our particular case, Co-op Atlantic just finished an $8 million investment in a feed mill in Atlantic Canada. We didn't get any support from the province or the federal government on th

Special Committee on Cooperatives committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, committee members, my name is Bryan Inglis, and I am vice-president of the agricultural division of Co-op Atlantic. I'm very pleased to be here today to represent my organization in front of the House of Commons Special Committee on Coopera