Kenzie Love

CWCF Submission on Capital Gains Tax Exemption

CWCF made a submission to the Minister of Finance to urge the Government to:  •  include worker co-operatives in the implementation of the $10 million capital gains exemption for sales of businesses to worker co-operatives; and  •  make the provisions permanent.   Complete document


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 Pre-budget Submission for the November 2025 Federal Budget

CWCF Recommendations:    I. That the Government of Canada implement the tax incentives announced for worker co-operatives in harmony with incentives provided to Employee Ownership Trusts permanently or at least for 2026 through 2028.  II. That the Government support CWCF’s Building Community Resiliency Program to maintain and create jobs and businesses, primarily through conversions to worker co-operatives, with  Pre-budget Submission for the November 2025 Federal Budget


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Announcement of CWCF Awards!

CWCF is thrilled to announce the 2025 winners of the Mark Goldblatt Merit Award and the Worker Co-op Best Practices Award, which will be presented at the Mixer and Award Night at our Conference in Edmonton.  The Mark Goldblatt Award goes to Colin MacDougall of Sustainability Solutions Group for his leadership and contributions to the Announcement of CWCF Awards!


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Co-op Sets Conventional Thinking Ablaze

By Kenzie Love Ablaze Services began in 2019 in New Westminster, BC, the brainchild of two women who’d initially come together through the Feminist Campaign School, an organization designed to support candidates for municipal office. The founders subsequently began to take on more project-based work, and with the addition of a third member to their Co-op Sets Conventional Thinking Ablaze


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