Very much so, in a few different ways. One way Vancity has grown has been through a number of combinations with credit unions. We've grown through mergers and acquisitions. Over our 65-year history, I believe we've had a combination of 52 mergers and acquisitions. Some of those have occurred voluntarily, where we saw opportunities; some have occurred because it's in support of the system. That's one way.
The other way is that now we've created alliances. I referred to two different credit unions we're working closely with: Affinity, and Assiniboine. Because of our values-based model, we share a lot of our efficacy work together, especially investment in research and development in terms of how we serve underserved markets, etc.
We're big supporters, both at the provincial and national levels, with the cooperative movement. We share models and experiences. We've had alliances with Desjardins for many, many years, and we continue to make that strong.
I want to stress, though, that the way we organize and cooperate is unique within the cooperative structure, unlike banks. We even have relationships with banks on a regular basis. We're part of the—