Credit unions and co-operatives do not want preferential treatment. We have never asked for special treatment because we are a co-operative or a credit union. We want to be on equal footing with other businesses. In other words, we want to have equal opportunities.
There are measures that allow us to be on equal footing. The question is: how are those measures understood and perceived. Was the tax credit perceived as being an advantage for the co-operatives? I think there is also a question of education. It is important to understand that it is not necessarily an advantage. It's just that we do not have access to the same market mechanisms for funding.
Instead, I see this as a misunderstanding. Perhaps it is also because some credit unions have grown, such as Desjardins. However, the situation is not the same everywhere, in every region or for all credit unions and co-operatives.