For instance, some caisses populaires form my riding become affiliated. So they create a network of three or four caisses populaires that will eventually become a single entity. Those entities will serve the community and come close to the threshold you mentioned. So the same question comes up.
Currently, the level playing field may exist in large municipalities and major cities. However, when it comes to caisses populaires set up in the regions—where they join forces in order to try to survive and provide a service on the ground—the elimination of that deduction will not provide them with a level playing field. It will rather put them at a disadvantage, as their mandate obligates them to provide local services, and that is not the case for banks.