I have some questions to ask about the concept that you can be a shareholder in a co-op. That seems to be contradictory from the outset.
Clause 1931 of Bill C-9 talks about the right to issue shares. It also says there is no right to vote. But a little later, it says that there is a right to "receive any of the remaining property". In a co-op you invest five dollars, and the Mouvement Desjardins, for example, has had exceptional growth through its own capital.
Is that not a major contradiction? I'm a little surprised to hear you say that consultations were held and the Mouvement Desjardins, for example, is in complete agreement. It seems to me that this is subject to interpretation. It would mean that if Desjardins decided to do that, it would have to have its own federal name, that is understood. But there is a kind of dichotomy. A cooperative with shares: that seems completely contradictory to me. I would like to know more about the idea behind all that.