NL-Outsidethebox [confederation]

Co-ops Like Premier's Approach
May 27, 2006

The Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Co-operatives is pleased that Premier Danny Williams is interested in new co-ops as part of a fishery restructuring plan.

Managing Director Glen Fitzpatrick says they are pleased that Premier Williams has a good understanding of the unique benefits that the co-op model can provide. Fitzpatrick says they are viable enterprises that can play a greater role in the fishery of the future.

Fitzpatrick says by establishing a fisheries co-operative, fishermen, plant workers, processors and other stakeholders can become collective owners of harvesting, processing and marketing enterprises.

And so they should as should every Newfoundlander and Labradorian with a heart beat who cares about the place we call home.

Think about it Co-ops are run by the people for the people. Co-ops are private enterprise big difference being the share holders have a vested interest maintaining a sustainable resource unlike share holders who only care about profit at any cost or the CEO will be fired and shares sold for better returns elsewhere.

Co-ops bring people together lord knows we need to bring the people of NL together this would not only bring them together but empower them by giving them control of their own destiny as much as posible with the Feds controling thre resource. Think about it Newfoundlander Labradorians, Baymen and townies, Expats and Patriots all with a vested interest in furthering NL interests hence their own.

Co-ops would also give our people a louder voice when speaking to the feds one that can't be dismissed or ignored. Strength in numbers.

Co-ops don't need to make the hugh corporate profits other private enterprises do because by paying it's employees it is achieving it's goal as set out by the share holders. Thus we would be able to weather this China syndrome of undervalued YEN and slave labour.

Here are a few links I have with reference to Co-ops.

http://web.uvic.ca/bcics/store/manual/
http://www.cbsc.org/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=CBSC_FE%2Fdisplay〈=eng&cid=1099483438038&c=GuideInfoGuide
http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/bureho/buho/gucoho/gucoho_003.cfm
http://bsa.cbsc.org/gol/bsa/site.nsf/en/su06902.html
http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:h3_fxRwgkVMJ:www.coopscanada.coop/pdf/Sector/FactSheet/NL_co-ops.pdf+newfoundland+labrador+coop&hl=en
http://www.nlfc.coop/
http://www.nlcu.com/

Quebec has been using Co-ops to compete in uncompetitive markets forever. They have Co-op power utilities, Doctors offices etc that have worked where other private enterprises wouldn't thread or would take all of the capital elsewhere.

According to the Royal Commission on Newfoundland/Labradors place in Canada lack of Capital not jobs was the main reason we weren't getting ahead. We were basically still being run by the fish merchants and kept poor hence always being indebted to someone else.