Canada's Economy: A Foreign Investment Puzzle
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney recently hosted an Investment Summit where he told investors from around the world that Canada has what the world wants.
This statement got us wondering, who already owns Canada's businesses and infrastructure? And could this ownership change now that the government is courting more outside investment?
Marc Lee, a senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, researched how much of Canada's economy is owned by foreign entities.