Cooperative Association Act Review - Stage 2 - Focused Feedback

Cooperative associations (or “co-ops”) are corporations owned by the people who use and benefit from them. Learn more about them here.

This past summer, the Ministry of Finance launched the first stage of a two-stage consultation process. Specifically, we asked for your suggestions on how to improve and modernize the Cooperative Association Act. The Ministry received 26 submissions containing multiple suggestions for improvements that are discussed in the consultation paper below. During stage two, we now ask for your thoughts on those suggestions.

Consultation Paper

Click here to see a letter from the Minister of Finance and Parliamentary Secretary for Community Development and Non-Profits inviting your comments. 

The deadline to provide feedback is April 30, 2023. During this time, the Ministry of Finance will be holding discussion roundtables with interested parties. To participate in these roundtables, please contact us by email or mail and indicate the topics you are most interested in speaking to.

Please submit your comments and/or request to participate in roundtable discussions to Coop.Consultation@gov.bc.ca or by mail to:

Financial and Corporate Sector Policy Branch
Ministry of Finance
PO Box 9418 Stn Prov Govt
Victoria BC V8W 9V1

Collection of Personal Information

We are collecting your personal information in order to send you an invitation to roundtable discussions for the Cooperative Association Act Consultation. If you have questions about our collection of your information, please contact us at coop.consultation@gov.bc.ca.

Public Nature of Consultation Process

The Ministry of Finance may share comments it receives with other branches of government, including Registries BC, which is responsible for the administration of the Cooperative Association Act. Freedom of information legislation may require that responses be made available to members of the public who request access.