Previously in worker co-operatives, which are necessarily at least three people, it was judged that nobody has control of this enterprise, so there was no rule about what percentage of any kind of share you would.... That was a brand new rule that came in for all types of enterprises in 2011. At the time that program was set up, I think it was in the early nineties, any worker co-op could participate in the program as long as any individual member didn't have more than $25,000 invested. Then of course those individuals have all the same rules about RRSP ceilings as anyone else does.
The issue is just that it's no longer possible in those small co-ops. You have to have at least 11 people, just by definition, and generally co-ops don't start with that small a number.