Organization
Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation
- Meetings this Parliament
- 2
- With MPs
- 1
- Since Nov 2021
- 27
- Active registrations
- 1
Most recent reported meeting: Mar 27, 2026.
Lobbying by Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation: its registrations, its lobbyists, the bills it has named and every meeting it has reported with federal office holders since November 2021.
← LobbyingRegistrations in effect
In-house (organization) In effect since Oct 27, 2026
Filed by Christine Clarke, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Lobbyists
- Christine Clarke · Executive Director
- Kaye Grant · Executive Director
Institutions they may lobby: Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), House of Commons, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Privy Council Office (PCO), Senate of Canada
What they're lobbying on (5)Hide details
- Providing comparable tax incentives for sales of conventional businesses to worker cooperatives as for sales to employee ownership trusts.
- The creation of a federal Cooperative Investment Plan which would provide a federal tax credit for cooperative members and employees who invest in producer (such as agriculture, fishery, forestry) and employee owned cooperatives
- Self-directed RRSP rules re: prohibited investments. We continue to seek to have the rule changes made in 2011 reversed or mitigated, as they affect worker co-ops.
- Creation of a program for business transfer to worker-owned co-operatives, as well as a technical assistance program to facilitate worker co-op development.
- Creating a Canadian Cooperative Development Fund. Cofunded by the federal government and the cooperative sector. This Fund would provide large and medium sized capitalization loans to new and existing cooperatives
Registration 967009-171-40. Look it up in the official Registry
Reported meetings
Spreadsheet-
Reported by Hazel Corcoran · In-house (organization)
- Heather McPherson · Member of Parliament
- Daniel Blaikie · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
Economic Development
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Reported by Hazel Corcoran · In-house (organization)
- Alexandre Boulerice · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
- Matthew Green · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
- Peter Julian · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
Economic Development
From the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying's open data, published November 5, 2026. Reports cover oral, arranged meetings with designated public office holders since November 22, 2021; lobbyists file them by the 15th of the following month. Names of MPs are matched to the current House of Commons, and bills are linked when the lobbyist's own description makes clear which bill it means. Contains information licensed under the Open Data Licence Agreement — Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying. Licence. PolitiKit is independent and is not endorsed by the Commissioner of Lobbying.