The Common Share

Co-operatives are businesses. They provide products or services, create jobs and generate wealth. They also generally maintain local control. This attachment to community is often the economic...

The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) announced last Friday (June 30) it would start applying the rules of the Bank Act to all non-bank financial service providers –...

There’s a lot of coop-y news out there. What better way to get it than from the social media platform that recently considered becoming a co-operative? Some of these feeds provide information about...

“It’s about what else we do. And co-operatives are that ‘what else’ we can do.” - Dale Wheeldon

'A group of young entrepreneurs hoping to create a unique and lucrative online platform turn to the co-operative business model.'

Co-operatives have existed, in one form or another, for centuries. Found across industries, and in big and small places all around the world, co-ops are everywhere. The versatility of the model is...

In Canada, co-operative businesses are legally defined by incorporation under provincial or federal legislation. But we think co-ops are a lot more than a legal designation. Just because an...

Co-operative businesses operate in all industries and can be big business. Given the interest generated by 4 co-ops you probably didn’t know were co-ops, we’re expanding the list.