I would like to make the point that with cooperatives, that's precisely the value. Money cannot move out of the country. An enormous amount of money gets returned to the economy, so the money recirculates in the local economies. In Manitoba alone, through the federated co-op system, $200 million is returned to those local communities. To me, that is a very strong investment by recirculating the money in our economies.
On October 17th, 2006. See this statement in context.