Thank you kindly.
I want to thank all of our witnesses. We heard a lot of information, but we don't have much time. So I am going to take advantage of our question period to delve a bit deeper.
First off, Ms. Gagné, you talked about how the cooperative formula helped revitalize communities, particularly minority communities, in the rest of Canada. I think one of the federal government's objectives is to encourage community development across the country, from coast to coast to coast.
Could you speak to the importance of federal government involvement in the growth of Canada's cooperative movement?