23 September 2010
The last federal housing programs supporting cooperatives in Canada date from the mid 1990s and although the governments have spent money on housing, they have not favored co-op development as part of an affordable housing strategy. At present, there are almost 4 million Canadians living in core housing need* and in some cities home ownership seems impossible for young people. Nicholas Gazzard, executive director of the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada (CHF) and vice president of the International Coopreative Alliance (ICA) Housing Board, talked to ICA-Americas Newsletter about how co-op housing could be reinvented to address these problems.
11 September 2009
In his new position as the Canadian Co-operative Association's chairman and president, Claude Gauthier, a long-time leader in Ontario’s agricultural co-op community, has a lot of work to do. One of his aims is to craft the path toward a stronger, more united co-operative movement. Whether this is an easy task or not, the truth is, he seems to have what the Canadian movement needs: he is humble, has the ability to communicate and work with others and the strong belief that co-operatives are much more than a way of achieving material goals.
11 May 2009
Paul Hazen, President and CEO of National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) is a creative man who showed during this interview a passion for the economic and social benefits of the co-operative business model and the possibilities it implies. From Washington DC, Paul spoke about the co-operative movement in North America, its weaknesses and strengths.
