An open letter to MEC members
We are among the three million members of Mountain Equipment Co-op, Canada's largest consumer cooperative. At most other stores, we're just consumers, but as members, we're also owners, and we all have an equal share. If you live in Canada, there's a one in ten chance you're also a member-owner. If you've ever shopped at MEC, you are a member-owner.
Large co-ops in Canada have a history of drifting toward acting like for-profit companies run for shareholder profit, seeing their member-owners as customers rather than owners. At MEC, some member-owners have from time to time fought this trend, and the result of these initiatives is precisely what makes MEC compelling today: leading-edge sustainability practices, and the donation of 1% of the co-op's $300 million in annual revenues to environmental organizations.
There is much that could be improved, but the promise of cooperatives cannot be ignored. MEC has shown that when serving members is more important than serving profit, the result is lower-priced, higher-quality equipment that lasts longer. The result is sustainability practices which leave the private sector in the dust. MEC and other co-ops show us flashes and glimmers of the promise of a democratically-run economy.
To move toward fulfilling this promise, and to protect every member-owner's right to take part in governance, co-ops need to place a high value on their input and participation.
In March 2012, 379 MEC member-owners signed a letter demanding that the board of Mountain Equipment Co-op make the co-op more democratic, not less. By sneaking through a resolution which claimed to "modernize" MEC's bylaws, the board was able to give itself the power to reject candidates for the board based on criteria the board itself sets.
We don't want Stephen Harper (or any other Prime Minister) to have the ability to reject people for running for Parliament. We don't want the MEC board doing that. We called these changes undemocratic. We called for the board to commit to creating a truly democratic cooperative with governance which ensures diversity and broad participation.
A year later, the board has given us its response:
- With another misleadingly-labelled special resolution, the board is asking for additional powers. If Special Resolution 1 is passed, future ballots would highlight candidates "recommended by the board."
- The board is also diminishing member-owners' ability to participate. Special Resolution 1 would also raise the number of signatures required to propose a special resolution from 5 to 500. (The board already has the ability to reject special resolutions.)
- The power to reject member-owners' board candidacies was justified by the board's active recruitment process. We can now see the results of that process. Of those running, only one (a current board member running for a second term) is visibly non-white, and men outnumber women 2-1. None of the new candidates appear to have significant co-op experience, and there are no candidates from Quebec or the Maritimes.
We are dissatisfied with the board's misleading labelling of this resolution, and the result of last year's resolution.
We call on MEC member-owners to vote against Special Resolution 1, and we call on MEC member-owners and leadership to change course.
It's clear that voting "no" is not enough. We also call on MEC members to join in a long-term effort to make the co-op -- of which we are all owners -- a leader in democratic participation.
Starting now, we demand -- and commit to working to bring about -- the following changes to MEC's structure.
1. Annual membership consultation
With few additional resources, the board could survey the membership about their priorities and desires. Member-owners should also be able to participate in determining what kinds of questions are asked in the survey. In interviews, some candidates claimed to know what MEC member-owners want. As it stands, there is no way to know. An annual consultation shaped by member-owner input would be the first step towards a more democratic co-op.
2. Member-owner discussion forum
Democracy is next to meaningless if member-owners cannot discuss things together as member-owners. An online forum for MEC member-owners would solve this issue. A voting system could gauge support for proposals, and spur innovation and participation. Additional staff time would be required for moderation and maintenance, but it would be a minor cost for a major step in the right direction.
3. Facilitate local participation
Currently, MEC mostly treats its local member-owners as consumers. Local member-owners should be able -- after meeting some basic requirements, and with assistance from their local staff -- to organize a meeting to which every MEC member-owner within a 200km radius is invited. We'd be surprised if such meetings were not the launching point for a plethora of exciting initiatives and proposals as well as a sense of ownership and pride among member-owners.
MEC can continue to be a leader in sustainability and support for environmental groups. By adding democracy, it can become an inspiring example and standard-bearer in many other areas as well.
yours truly,
MEC Members for a Democratic Co-op
- Sara Golling, Rossland BC, One of MEC's founding members, 15-year board member
- Steve Grant, Vancouver, former MEC director
- Deborah M Stover, Halifax, former director
- Matt Davis, Vancouver, former MEC employee
- Scott Koritz, Vancouver, former MEC employee
- Eric G. March, Vancouver, former MEC employee
- Chris Sturgeon, Whtehorse, former MEC staff member
- Heath Johnson, Moncton, rejected 2013 board Candidate
- Judy Rebick, Toronto, writer and activist
- Sheelah McLean, Saskatoon, Idle No More co-founder
- Martin Lukacs, Montreal, Writer
- Aron Zahradka, Vancouver, UBC Varsity Outdoors Club
- Arsalan Hassan, Vancouver, UBC Student
- David Heap, London ON, People for Peace, London
- Lisa Barrett, Bowen Island, CCEDNET
- Mark Latham, Vancouver, VoterMedia.org
- Christian Veenstra, Vancouver, Varsity Outdoor Club
- Mike Constable, Toronto, Toronto Workers Assembly
- Gordon Flett, Vancouver, Member Semiahmoo Sunrunners
- Roger W Howard, Burnaby, Solidarity Notes Labour Choir
- Judith Deutsch, Toronto, Independent Jewish Voices
- Louise Leclair, Vancouver, Laura Jamieson Housing Co-op
- Kristina Driedger, Montreal, Esprit Bio
- Omri Haiven, Halifax, The Canadian Federation of Students - NS
- Anita Bates, Burnaby, Solidarity Notes Labour Choir
- Yuill Herbert, Tatamagouche
- Amara Possian, Montreal
- Rebekah Hart, Montreal
- Carleen Pickard, Ottawa
- Dru Oja Jay, Montréal
- Jesse Gutman, Toronto
- Corina Crawley, Ottawa
- Joe Bowser, Vancouver
- Max Liboiron, Winlaw
- Jalal Kawash, Calgary
- Bérenger Enselme, Waterloo, ON
- Daniel Cayley-Daoust, Ottawa
- Kevin Harding, Vancouver
- Skyler Des Roches, Vancouver
- John MacFarlane, Montreal
- Jayne Hardy, Vancouver
- Ace Porter, Kamloops
- Richard Frederick Marcuse, West Vancouver
- Caelie Frampton, Vancouver
- Ben Singleton-Polster, Vancouver
- Mike Simons, Vancouver
- Lise Vaugeois, Thunder Bay
- Garth Yule, Vancouver BC
- Marcus Peterson, Montreal
- Reg Glennie, Wadena
- Mariette Dumas, Montréal
- Muhammed Hamou, London ON
- Michael Dyck, Montreal
- Owen Brush, Halifax
- Bruno Godin, Vancouver
- Brian Wong, New Westminster
- Riaz Behra, Vancouver
- Leah Girardo, Toronto
- John Wasteneys, Lindsay
- Roc Robertson, Mission
- Mark Grieveson, Toronto
- Eli Horn, Vancouver
- Lake Sagaris, Toronto
- Deborah Cowen, Toronto
- Cathy Znk, Calgary
- Jo Anne Ferguson, Manotick, Ontario
- David Gallagher, Halifax
- Scott McFadden, Ottawa/Gatineau
- Ted Mann, Toronto
- A. Daley, Ottawa
- Wendy Holm, Bowen Island
- Blair Kuntz, Toronto
- Fraser Smith, Peterborough, ON
- Roger Serpa, Toronto
- Colleen Blake, Halifax
- Kevin Wood, Moncton
- Kevin D Brown, Calgary
- Aaron Manton, Toronto
- Devin Holterman, Toronto
- David Pouliot, Toronto
- Geri Blinick, Ottawa
- Jeremy Bonham, Keswick, ON
- David Murphy, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
- Elizabeth Blackwood, Winnipeg
- Jason Lamont, Winnipeg
- Tim Groves, Toronto
- Jermaine Bagnall, Toronto
- Megan Tremblay, Ottawa
- Ben Sichel, Halifax
- Katherine Kitching, Halifax
- Marnie Eves, Guelph
- Jeff Jones, Sointula, BC
- Brian Campbell, Vancouver
- Janet Cotgrave, Halfmoon Bay
- Chris Albinati, Kamloops
- David Brown, London
- Clayton O'Bear, Coleman Alberta
- David Parsons, Toronto
- Katherine Dunster, Denman Island, BC
- Jessie davidson, Arnprior
- Sharon Angel, Gatineau, Quebec
- Eugene McGuckin, Burnaby
- Philip Gray, Vancouver
- Miriam Sobrino, Surrey
- Sid Shniad, Surrey
- Ron Strand, Vancouver
- Dayn Gray, Thorold, ON
- Sharon Costello, Vancouver
- Jason, Stevenson, Musician
- John Hollingsworth, Ottawa
- Tamara Herman, Vancouver
- Stéphanie Benoit-Huneault, Montréal
- Sean Haberle, Brockville
- Rachel Lankester, South Surrey
- Stephanie Tombari, Burlington
- Alexis Shotwell, Ottawa, ON
- Todd Ferguson, Toronto
- Sean Griffin, Vancouver
- Jon Hunt, Ottawa
- Judy Davidson, Edmonton
- Karen Leduc, Vancouver
- Kelly Black, Ottawa
- Ada Jaarsma, Calgary, AB
- Amber Cowie, Vancouver
- Scott Neigh, Sudbury
- Desiree Lamoureux, London
- Raimi Marx, Montreal
- Werner Grzimek, Vancouver
- Monika Thakker, Ottawa
- Michelle Cliffe, Toronto
- Cate Watrous, Erickson, MB
- Kim Slater, Pemberton
- Guy Pocklington, Powell River, BC
- Susi Porter-Bopp, Vancouver
- Barbara Terfloth, Christopher Lake, SK
- Ben Gibson, Cranbrook
- Brendan Bailey, Toronto
- Paul Baines, Toronto
- Michael Springate, Vancouver
- Jessica Squires, Gatineau
- Sarah Tremblay, Vanier
- Safiah Chowdhury, Toronto
- Liz Mackenzie, Vancouver
- ernie yacub, courtenay
- Danja Lacasse, Toronto
- Aven McMaster, Sudbury
- Kelsey, Banff
- Jim Payne, Moncton
- Sophia Iliopulos, Vancouver
- Julia, Endicott
- Katelyn Sylvester, Ottawa
- Dennis Murray Brown, Burnaby
- Laurent Paradis-Charette, Gatineau
- Victor Woods, Port Alberni, BC
- Anne Cottingham, Vancouver
- Wendy McPeake, Ottawa
- Nelly Piechocki, Vancouver
- E. Brenda Flynn, Coquitlam BC
- Andrew Koch, Toronto, ON
- Hillary Lindsay, Halifax
- Phil Embley, Surrey
- Pascale Brunet, Montréal
- Seamus Wolfe, Ottawa
- Ian Perry, Bonnyville, AB
- Albert Souza, Vancouver, BC
- Ben Unterman, Vancouver, BC
- Alice Grange, Cumberland
- Jane Kirby, Kingston
- Raphael Beaulieu, Toronto
- Robyn Ashton, Vancouver
- Helene Hamilton, High River, AB
- Sheldon Etheridge, Quathiaski Cove
- Sarah Pedersen, Regina
- James Dundas, Victoria
- Fatima Jaffer, Vancouver
- Nhat-Tan Nguyen, Montreal
- Chris Shalom, Vancouver
- Tyler Linton, London, UK
- Greg Awai, Duncan
- Marc Ouimet, Montréal
- Andrew Munro, Halifax
- Frank Hovenden, Courtenay
- Adrian McKerracher, Vancouver
- Amy Twigge-Molecey, Montreal
- Jim Palmer, Courtenay BC
- Joyce McPherson, Toronto
- Graham Case, Vancouver
- David Waddington, Montreal
- Alison MacDonald, Nelson
- Michele Connell, Toronto
- Seth Leon, Calgary, Co-operator
- Susan Jardine, Shediac NB, PSAC
- Marilyne Tovar, Montréal
- Julianna Scramstad, Whitehorse
- Richard Baker, Argyle Shore, PEI
- T. Glennis O'Neill, Coldstream, BC
- Maureen Aslin, Toronto
- Brian Byers, Vancouver, BC
- Marion Pape, Victoria
- Rosanne Iland, Ottawa
- Susana Rutherford, Charlottetown
- Nick Aplin, Ottawa
- Emily Coffey, Montreal
- Eleanor MacKay, Toronto, , Teacher
- Dianne Henshaw, Vancouver
- Peter Nelson, Halifax
- Terry Toews, Swift Current, SK
- L Friesen, Burnaby, SolNotes Choir
- Erik Frebold, Vancouver
- Nadia Brodeur, L'Étang-du-Nord
- Bobby Carrier, L'Étang-du-Nord
- Meghan Jezewski, Victoria
- Douglas Davidson, Crabtree
- Adam Crowley, Vancouver
- Stephen Phillips, Vancouver
- Christopher Lyon, Victoria
- Tom Keefer, Toronto
- M.G. Entwistle, Vancouver
- Caitlyn James, New Westminster, BC
- Jim Christiansen, Toronto
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David Taub Bancroft, Vancouver
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David Fraser, Ottawa
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Clayton Dignard, Ottawa
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Carol Jerde, Vancouver
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Jack Stein, Gibsons
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Brenda Morehouse, Ottawa
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Eileen McMorris, Strathmore AB
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Garth Thomson, Kelowna BC
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Linda Cameron, Whitehorse
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George Mortimore, Victoria
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Wendy Kotilla, Courtenay
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Jeff Mitchell, Halifax
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Megan Cohoe-Kenney, Montreal
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Mickey Fthenos, Burnaby
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William Murgatroyd, Victoria
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David Wrench, Sicamous
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Hiromi Miyawaki, Vancouver
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Mary Ann Westendorf, Maple Ridge BC
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Gary Torlone, Charlottetown
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Tony Rideout, Lethbridge AB
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Scott Welling, Moncton NB
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Berta Gaulke, Dartmouth NS
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Gregory Coyes, North Vancouver
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Kenji Fuse, Victoria, Island Biodiesel Co-op
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Scott Harris, Edmonton
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Michael Fancie, Ottawa
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Léo Ayotte, Amos
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Rory Henderson, Halifax
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Lesley Jenkins, Montreal
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Sean Bradley, Edmonton
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James Babiy, Errington BC
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Carrie Foster, Montreal
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Blair Hughes, Jordan River, BC
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Brittany Maguire, Halifax
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Jarrod Daley, Toronto
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Holly Nazar, Montreal
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Shane Bill, Montreal
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Holly Lobsinger, Halifax
- Dianne Varga, Kelowna
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Lars Boggild, Halifax
- Lori Thompson, Winlaw
- Jenny George, Whitehorse
- Stephen Aberle, Vancouver
- Karen Stein, Gibsons
- Cynthia Mitchell, Ottawa
- Amy Watson, Toronto
- Joanna Simpson, Ottawa
- Brigid McKenna, Alexandria
- Malcolm, Boothroyd
- Fin Fagan, Vancouver
- Yousaf Khan, Mississauga
- Ken Dresen, Vancouver
- Matthew Ramsden, Ottawa
- Jeremy Murphy, Vancouver
- Janine Zuppiger, Vancouver
- Kevin Acton, Saskatoon, SARCAN Recycling
- Tyler Vandermolen, Campbell River
- Brian Downey, Fort McMurray
- George Kenyon Sinclair, Toronto
- Bob Edgar, Calgary
- Joe Wong, Vancouver
- Kathy Wazana, Toronto
- Wynne Miles, Victoria
- Max Silverman, Montreal
- Jonathan Brockman, Vancouver
- Dana Holtby, Montreal
- Darren Puscas, Toronto
- Jessica Denyer, Toronto
- Katie MacKenzie, Vancouver
- Cole Lamothe, Coquitlam
- Lindsey Reddin, Charlottetown
- Nicolas Y, Montreal
- Cindy Loukras, Rossland, bc
- Janet Fairbanks, Courtenay
- Yves Engler, Ottawa
- Markus Kellerhals, Victoria
- James Hutt, Halifax
- Vida Morkunas, Vancouver
- Michael John Thompson, Hornby Island, BC
- Katherine Kortikow, Roberts Creek
- Elizabeth Holloway, Halifax
- Rod Olstad, Edmonton
- Kalin Stacey, Kitchener
- Rod Akizuki, Vancouver
- Mary E H Stover, Moncton
- Dave Shaw, Hhalifax N.S.
- Susan Tardif, Montreal
- erika shaker, ottawa
- Warren McBride, Ottawa, Teacher, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
- Robert Green, Montreal
- Charmaine Dymond, Halifax
- Steve Oxendale, Victoria
- Timothy Burns, Westmount
- Len Vaness, St. Catharines
- Dominic Parent, Gatineau
- Susan Jane Spronk, Ottawa
- Maria Anastasaki, Rimouski
- Kathleen Bohan, Halifax
- Jocelyn Darou, Frelighsburg
- Francois Leclair, Gatineau
- David Wilson, Calgary
- Josie Baker, Charlottetown, Cooper Institute
- Rebeka Frazer-Chiasson, Rogersville NB
- Zachariah General, London, ON
- Joel Westheimer, Ottawa
- Alex Paterson, Winnipeg
- Simon Greenland-Smith, Halifax
- Miguel Gosselin Dionne, Montréal
- Claire Abraham, Montreal
- Frederick Khonje, Saskatoon, 10 year MEC member
- Dan Parker, Montreal
- Daniel Madsen, Powell River B.C.
- Marilyn Belak, Dawson Creek
- Andréane Sabourin, St-André-Avellin
- Marilyn Belak, Dawson Creek
- Kim Leduc, Dunham QC
- Emelia Koberg, Montreal
- Adrian Mohareb, Vancouver
- Alain Denis Vater, Vancouver
- Tanya Rowell Katzemba, Montreal
- Alan Sainsbury, Ottawa
- Sharon Shniad, Surrey, BC
- Jane Smith, Toronto
- Wendy Shaw, Toronto
- André-Yves Boisvert, Gatineau
- Gregory Furmaniuk, Winnipeg
- Jon Benson, Winnipeg
- Kathleen Gibson, Victoria
- Patrice Lapierre, Pointe-Calumet
- Lauren Watson, Squamish
- Larry Tallman, Vancouver
- Bernard Soubry, Montréal
- Peter Rothermel, Qualicum Beach
- Rick Goletski, Comox BC
- Joshua Coleman, Montreal
- Adrian Corscadden, Victoria
- Eric Doherty, Vancouver
- John Mynott, Chelsea QC
- Doug McLeod, Vancouver
- Geneviève Guernier, Montréal
- Ken Miyazaki, Richmond
- Alison Kulak, Edmonton
- David Thuss, London, On
- Debbie Gordon, Keswick, Ontario
- Francis Lemaire, Hull
- Lise Vaugeois, Thunder Bay
- Daniel Varin, Gatineau, CSSS Gatineau
- Véronique Juneau, Gatineau
- Ann Grant, Vancouver
- Ian Vachon, Gatineau
- Raz Peel, Vancouver
- Raz Peel, Vancouver
- Martha Friendly, Toronto
- Pamela Allard, Newmarket, ON
- May Partridge, Nanaimo
- John Moore, Salt Spring Island
- Marilyn Porter, St Johns
- Lorraine Goldman, Vancouver
- Laurence Desmarais, Montréal
- Patricia Andrew, Victoria BC
- Adrian Tanner, Petty Harbour, NL, East Coast Trail Association
- Amir M. Maasoumi, Montreal
- Beth Dollaga, Burnaby, Canada-Philippines Solidarity for Human Rights
- Susan Blayney, Fenelon Falls
- Brent U, Collingwood ON
- Tim Kennelly, Burnaby
- Andrea Calver, Toronto
- Mordecai Briemberg, Burnaby
- Joel Lafortune, Vancouver
- Linda Christiansen-Ruffman, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Kay Ma, Montréal
- Bernie Lawrence, London, ON, long-time member (1978)
- Kathy Coster, Duncan
- John Yarmak, Burnaby BC
- Conchita Fonseca, Ottawa
- Larry Gambone, Nanaimo
- Jim Vickers, Erickson, Manitoba
- Martha Roth, Vancouver, Independent Jewish Voices/BIAC
- Rosemary Zalen, Burnaby
- Trevor Chow-Fraser, Edmonton
- Peter Doherty, Port Alberni
- Linda Cullum, St. John's, NL
- David Marlow, Chilliwack BC
- Floyd d'Entremont, Halifax
- Steven Moore, Tamworth
- Matthias Mayer, Toronto
- Ed Hudson, Montreal
- Steven Hagen, Edmonton
- Mark Prier, Dundalk, ON
- Haidar Abdul-Razak, Calgary
- Kyall Glennie, Regina
- Tana kennett, Squamish, BC
- Julie MacArthur, Vancouver
- Andrea Macht, Vancouver
- Arthur Yu, Vancouver
- Frédéric Gagnon, Gatineau
- Trevor McKenzie-Smith, Saskatoon
- Dave Mitchell, Moose Jaw
- Kathleen Barrett, Vancouver BC
- Ethel Ahenakew, Saskatoon SK
- William Robbins, Saskatoon
- Liz Carlyle, Winnipeg
- Chris Rigaux, Winnipeg MB
- Jill Glessing, Toronto
- Barbara Cheung, Vancouver
- David Weller, Independent Jewish Voices
- Ariane Senécal, Gatineau
- Robert Hodge, Toronto
- Dianne Baker, Winnipeg
- Devin McDowell, Kanata
- Charlotte Moore, Kitchener
- David Cameron, Vancouver, MEC Member
- Lloyd Richards, Calgary
- Jenn Bergen, Regina
- Lisa McLaughlin, Calgary
- Corinne Schertzer , Edmonton
- Andrew Moore, Moncton
- Ian Scriver, Edmonton
- Alroy Fonseca, Ottawa
- Joe Muething, Englehart
- David Smith, Barrie
- K Gadd, Miramichi
- Alice Hebb, Halifax
- Glen McIntyre, Waterloo, ON
- Shauna McIntyre, Waterloo
- Daren Okafo, Antigonish
- Jean François Bissonnette, Lévis
- Aidan Macdonald, Toronto
- Jeff Townley, Halifax, MEC Employee
- Jessica Kerekes, Edmonton , Teacher
- Keetha Mercer, Montreal
- John Richmond, Toronto
- Sean Neil Barron, Ottawa
- Ian Maclean, Dartmouth
- Cameron Gray, Victoria, BC
- Bob Payne, Thunder Bay
- Zoé Touzin, Chénéville
- Jean Desrosiers, Bathurst, NB
- Ariane Morissette, Winnipeg MB
- Amanda Dorter, Toronto, ON
- Louise Leclair, Vancouver, LJ Housong Co Op
- Kevin Schachter, Winnipeg
- Kelly Friesen, Winnipeg
- Stuart Walker, Victoria, Long-time MEC member-owner
- Zachary Howarth, Halifax
- Ed Dagsaan, Toronto
- Dan D'Agostino, Calgary, Rock & Roll Alberta
- Ben Leon, Calgary
- Leslie Mahoney, Lethbridge, AB, PIRG board member, environmental activist
- Justin Quigley, Winnipeg
- Kari Hewett, also former MEC employee (2008-2012), Vancouver / Coast Salish terra
- Tim Southwood, Calgary
- Lorrie Thompson, Vancouver
- Nicholle Carriere, Edmonton, none
- Edwin Rowan, Vancouver
- Philippe Duhamel, Québec
- Sterling Pearce, Vancouver, Lifelong member
- David Repa, Vancouver, The Hackery
- Jason Addy, Powell River , Member and Ex Staff Vancouver Store
- Gemma Richardson, London, Ontario
- Ben Parsons, Halifax, NS
- Avi Lambert, Victoria, 20 Year MEC member.
- Frank Atnikov, Winnipeg
- Justin Charette, Winnipeg
- Lindsay Hinrichsen, Vancouver
- Stephen Caines, Shubenacadie, Co-op member
- Jake Foster, Vancouver
- Mary Louise Adams, Kingston
- Debbie Fleming, St. Albert, MEC Member
- Peter Kieren, Calgary
- Robert B. Bychen, Kelowna
- Peter Kieren, Calgary, Alberta
- Michael Coyle, Squamish, Alpine Club of Canada, Avalanche Association and SAR member
- Bader Takriti, Montreal
- Hannah Hoag, Toronto
- Cam Browne, Toronto, member
- Brian Revel, Vancouver
- Barb Lando, Vancouver, Former MEC staff and staff trainer
- Quirine Schuyff, Vancouver
- Andrea Sandau, Abbotsford
- Lyse Boyce, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Taylor Lougheed , Edmonton, AB
- Claire Oldham, New Westminster
- Marc Boudreau, Vancouver
- Gili Rosenberg, Vancouver, Varsity Outdoor Club
- Kerith Paul, Toronto, former MEC employee
- Kerith Paul, Toronto, former MEC employee
- Sean Montani, Hamilton
- Franc_Sois Dandurand, Montréal, RISE Kombucha
- Tim McSorley, Montreal
- Derek Hogue, Winnipeg
- Marc Dumoulin, Toronto
- Michael Finck, Montreal
- Laurie Smith Charest, Montréal
- Michael Zhang, Milton
- Caitlin Hayward, Toronto
- Matthew Coté, Golden
- Guy Duke, Toronto
- Diane Mitchell, Ottawa, CUPW
- Lindsay Denise, Toronto, Ontario
- Jamie Kneen, Ottawa
- Tim Goos, Sherwood Park
- Simon M. Leclerc, Québec
- Jeremy Janz, Vancouver
- Penelope Boyce, North Saanich, BC
- Christian Champagne, Vancouver
- Janine Maila, Montreal
- Kevin Bohaychuk, Halifax
- Philippe Brunet, Montreal
- Chloe Makepeace, Montreal
- Spring Gillard, Vancouver
- Amanda Hachey, Moncton, Co-op Enterprise Council of NB
- Rebecca Welter-Nolan, Halifax
- Ken Rieger, Toronto
- Benjamin Gregoire, Rimouski
- Patrick Gagnon Sanschagrin, Québec
- Rémi Pelletier, Sainte-Martine
- Rish McGlynn, Moncton
- Tim Booth, Winnipeg
- Andre Fry, Montreal, 23 year member-owner
- Susannah Maxcy, Toronto
- Dominique Vuvan, Montreal
- Raena Penner, Winnipeg
- Jean-Sébastien Plourde, Québec
- Avi Haligua, Vancouver
- Kevin Trepanier, Montréal
- Chanele Morel-Lebrun, Québec
- Eric Caron, Carleton-sur-mer, consumer
- Daniel Tremblay, Québec
- Lisa Sproull, Montreal
- Shirene E , montreal
- Melissa Ccaman, Edmonton
- Anders Ourom, Vancouver
- Harold, Fisher, Montreal Member
- Andrea Holtslander, Toronto
- Yancy Espinoza, Calgary
- S. Watkins, White Rock, Member
- Paul Bogaert, Vancouver, Bike Doctor
- Sylvia Fuller, Burnaby
- Chrissy Lorette, Moncton
- Ambrose Raftis, Charlton
- Volker Bodegom, Vancouver
- Alex Lluis Gonzalez, Vancouver
- Andrea Mulder, Vancouver, Former MEC Employee
- Omri Haiven, Halifax, The Canadian Federation of Students - NS
- J Tom Webb, Lunenburg, N S
- Oren Lupo, Vancouver
- Joël Lavigueur, Montréal
- Nicholas Stark, Halifax
- Kristen Howe, Toronto, Greenhouse Coordiantor, Stop Community Food Centre (and former MEC staff)
- Jennifer Yakamovich, Halifax
- Randy Proven, Winnipeg, Sun Certified Builders Cooperative Ltd.
- Cassandra Uruguay, Québec
- Ryan angus, Squamish, BC
- Mike Byerley, Calgary, Former Product Team Leader
- Ryan Creary, Revelstoke
- David Jackson, Winnipeg
- Tommy Allen, Winnipeg
- Alexander Shave, Toronto, Ontario Co-operative Association
- Adam Lewis, Kitchener ON, PhD Candidate Environmental Studies York U
- Hana Hermanek, Vancouver,
- Lisa Wong, Toronto
- Enid Bennett, Toronto
- Ryan, Long Sault
- Linda Bily, Vancouver
- Mary Louise Adams, Kingston
- Michael Major, Victoria
- Susanne Klueppel, Winnipeg
- Kirsten Kunau, Sarnia, ON
- Patrick McDonald, Vancouver
- Adam Urkow, Calgary
- Bert Wapachee, Moose Factory, ON
- Lily Ng, Toronto
- Billy Granger, Winnipeg
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Timothy Kitz, Ottawa
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Bob Fuhrer, Silverton BC
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Foster Karcha, Edmonton
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Liam Barrington-Bush, Toronto
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Mitsuko Oishi, Delta BC
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Kathleen Boothroyd-Roberts, Montreal