Become a Member

Why become a member?

• As owners, cooperative members participate, with other members, in the establishment of company guidelines that transform and bring products to market;
• The opportunity to become an administrator of the cooperative and to perfect entrepreneurial skills;
• Decide with other members, the distribution of overpayments of the cooperative;
• Profits from buying power considerably increased by the unifying strength of other cooperatives;
• Access to the latest technological services;
• Admissible to the Régime d’investissement coopératif thereby allowing tax savings while making solid investments;
• invitations to technical meetings, support groups and information meetings which all contribute to personal development;
• Possibility of investing RIC shares in a self-managed REER;

To be a shareholder in the cooperative, one person, one joint-stock company must;

• Be an agricultural producer;
• Fill out and sign a membership application;
• Subscribe and pay an amount of $100.00, being the value of 10 shares at $10.00 each, as prescribed by the rules of the cooperative;
• Sign up for a period of five years to purchase or receive goods or services from the cooperative or representatives of the cooperative;
• Agree to sign a subscription agreement for member shares, 240 shares at $10.00 each, as well as qualifying membership shares;
• For members working in milk production, agree that the cooperative be authorized to manage the collection and transport of milk (transport, payment, etc.);
• Be admitted and accepted by the council.

How to become a member?

Contact Mélanie Tremblay for any questions call 418-343-3636 ext. 2232 or by email.