How innovative are Nova Scotia’s Co-ops?
Kelderman – There are 402 co-operative businesses in Nova Scotia. We’re encouraging a culture of innovation in the co-op sector, and it’s amazing how many co-ops themselves have jumped on the bandwagon and have actually looked inside their organizations. They’re asking two things ‘is there something that we’re doing that we could be doing better… a new process, a new system, that kind of thing’ or ‘is there a new opportunity for commercial innovation – so can we create a new product or service’. So, that kind of a culture change is happening right across the sector, from credit unions to completely new lines of business. One of the lines you will hear more about in the future is health care.
