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Canadian co-operatives should be able to access the right financing opportunities to help them achieve their <\/span>goals an<\/span><\/span>d<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span>objectives<\/span>. T<\/span>his includes <\/span>all applicable <\/span><\/span>Government of Canada<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>business infrastructure or relief programs<\/span><\/span><\/a>, as well as investment readiness, data infrastructure and social economy ecosystem programs<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n As such, Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada (CMC) works tirelessly to defend the interest of Canadian co-operatives and to increase their accessibility to diverse financing opportunities.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n For example:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n CMC <\/span>M<\/span>ember<\/span>s<\/span> and sector stakeholders can approach CMC if they have eligibility questions. For example, CMC was able to \u201cunlock\u201d the Green and Inclusive Community Buildings program, the CanExport SME Program and confirm the eligibility of co-operatives to the <\/span>Community Services Recovery Fund<\/span><\/a>, the <\/span>Low Carbon Economy Challenge<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>the upcoming <\/span>2SLGBTQI+ Entrepreneurship program<\/span><\/a>.<\/span> Please note<\/span> that<\/span> the eligibility for the <\/span>NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program<\/span><\/a>\u202fis<\/span>\u00a0still being discussed<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n If you<\/span> are<\/span> struggl<\/span>ing with<\/span> accessing<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>funding programs or <\/span>have been<\/span> told that <\/span>co-operative<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0are<\/span> not eligible <\/span>(<\/span>despite meeting the other requirements<\/span>)<\/span>, please contact Daniel P. Brunette, Senior Director, External Affairs at <\/span>dbrunette@canada.coop.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ENSURING ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT-FUNDED PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES\u00a0Canadian co-operatives should be able to access the right financing opportunities to help them achieve their goals and objectives. This includes all applicable Government of Canada business infrastructure or relief programs, as well as investment readiness, data infrastructure and social economy ecosystem programs.\u00a0\u00a0 As such, Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Ensuring access to government-funded programs and initiatives\u00a0 - CMC","_seopress_titles_desc":"Canadian co-operatives should be able to access the right financing opportunities to help them achieve their goals and objectives. ","_seopress_robots_index":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-243422","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243422"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":243630,"href":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243422\/revisions\/243630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n