15. A union shall possess the rights and powers of a corporation within the meaning of the Civil Code and may, in particular:(a) receive, and employ to yield a profit the savings of its members, make loans to them and establish the facilities necessary for such purposes;
(b) acquire and hold immoveables and sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the same;
(c) borrow, hypothecate its immoveables and engage its moveables as security;
(d) invest its available funds in loans to the federation of which it is a member or in accordance with section 83;
(e) with the authorization of the federation with which it is affiliated, establish a system of retirement with pension or contribute to the establishment thereof for the benefit of its employees and their dependants, subject however to the Act respecting supplemental pension plans (chapter R-17);
(f) create relief funds and social security services for the persons mentioned in paragraph e or contribute thereto or pay insurance premiums or contributions for such persons or for its members;
(g) subscribe or guarantee funds for cooperative promotional and educational purposes or for charitable, benevolent, educational or artistic purposes;
(h) issue, endorse, accept and discount promissory notes, bills of exchange, drafts and other negotiable instruments;
(i) retain, for the payment of any claim it has against a member, any moneys which it may owe him, and apply the same in compensation;
(j) subscribe for common shares of a cooperative association or electricity cooperative in order to become a member thereof and benefit by services of which it has need;
(k) take out for the benefit of the members of its board of directors, of its board of supervision and of its committee on credit a group life insurance contract for an amount not to exceed, in principal, the sum of $5 000 for each person, and pay the insurance premiums payable under such a contract.