716. The provisions of the Savings and Credit Unions Act (chapter C‐4.1) continue to apply to permanent shares and the rights, preferences, conditions and restrictions attached to those shares before 1 July 2001 are applicable. Permanent shares may be purchased at the option of the credit union and the holder.
Section 61 of this Act applies to permanent shares.
However, a credit union may, by by-law, without prejudice to the rights and privileges of the holders, convert such preferred shares into capital shares to which this Act applies.
For the purposes of a winding-up or dissolution, according to the provisions of this Act, preferred shares have priority over qualifying shares. Permanent shares and capital shares rank equally, but rank below preferred shares.