Figure 1 (Cont’d)
Eighteen Labour-sponsored Investment Funds
in Canada, Sponsor Names and Corresponding
Legislation, by Jurisdiction, 1995
Name and Founding Year Union Sponsor(s) Governing Legislation
Source: CLMPC, based on fund data, 1995
CI-CBA Business Ventures Fund, Inc. (1994) Canadian Police Association Labour-sponsored Venture Capital Corporations Act (Ontario)
FESA Enterprise Venture Capital Fund of Canada, Ltd. (1994) Federation of Engineering and Scientific Associations Labour-sponsored Venture Capital Corporations Act (Ontario)
First Ontario Labour-sponsored Investment Fund, Inc. (1994) Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada; United Steelworkers of America; Service Employees Int’l Union Labour-sponsored Venture Capital Corporations Act (Ontario)
Sportfund, Inc. (1994) Canadian Football League Players Association Labour-sponsored Venture Capital Corporations Act (Ontario)
TCU Development Fund, Inc. (1994) Transportation-Communications Int’l Union Labour-sponsored Venture Capital Corporations Act (Ontario)
Trillium Growth Capital, Inc. (1994) Brewery, General and Professional Workers’ Union Labour-sponsored Venture Capital Corporations Act (Ontario)
Vengrowth Investment Fund, Inc. (1994) Association of Public Service Financial Administrators Labour-sponsored Venture Capital Corporations Act (Ontario)
Workers’ Investment Fund, Inc. (1994) New Brunswick Federation of Labour Act respecting Workers’ Investment Fund, Inc.
Retrocomm Growth Fund, Inc (1995) Int’l Brotherhood of Electrical Workers/Construction Council of Ontario; Labourers’ Int’l Union of North America; Ontario Pipe Trades Council Labour-sponsored Venture Capital Corporations Act (Ontario)