Yes. That is again I think a rather common misconception. In the mid-seventies, actually, there was a tax dispute that involved Hutterite colonies. It got an awful lot of notoriety and an awful lot of press. That dispute was resolved.
The current legislation of the Income Tax Act goes back to 1961, and Hutterite colonies have, by and large, been taxed the same way since then. In fact, my father, Logan, and another partner of Meyers Norris Penny by the name of Dave Norris were involved with the Department of Finance and the Carter commission back in the sixties.
Basically, there was a recognition that while it was a religious organization, it was also a farming organization, and the government developed section 143 to tax the business profits of that farming organization.
Colonies have paid tax under this method since 1961.