Agriculture committee  Absolutely.

Agriculture committee  We're definitely seeing, particularly in the production side, more co-operatives that are developing specifically for that purpose and for a couple of different reasons. One is the transfer of assets such as purchasing land, so many producers are able to access the assets that th

Agriculture committee  Do you mean within co-operatives specifically? Within the co-operative sector, we do a lot of mentoring where we have seasoned, established co-operatives mentoring start-ups. In the ag sector, in particular, we find that this is very valuable because the new entrants really need

Agriculture committee  Thank you. I was just going to say that educational supports don't necessarily exist for the governance education of co-operatives, so mentorship programs are really the only way that new entrants are learning the value of the key learning initiatives for governance of co-operat

Agriculture committee  Hello, bonjour, aaniin. Thank you for inviting me to speak with you today on behalf of the co-operative food sector. This is my first opportunity to speak to any federal committee, so I am truly honoured. In coming here today, I would like to explain to you, from the co-operativ