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Anecdata time: In 2012 Canada allowed the sale of Nexen (an oil company) to CNOOC. CNOOC management promised they would keep the staff in Canada, the managemen
by maerF0x0 7y ago
Anecdata time:
In 2012 Canada allowed the sale of Nexen (an oil company) to CNOOC. CNOOC management promised they would keep the staff in Canada, the management local etc.
Fast forward 7 years later and it's a ghost town, they cite "business need" but somehow all the jobs have moved abroad and the only thing remaining in Alberta is a resource pump sending all the value abroad.
This comment is not intended to be about racially Chinese people, but the constantly malicious and negative behavior of the communist government in China.
- majia 7y ago7 years is really a long time and there is likely to be some real needs to adjust business operation. If the deal doesn’t specify a duration to keep jobs in canada, you can’t reasonably expect it to be forever. CCP has done horrible things, but it isn’t really a CCP specific behavior; any greedy capitalist would have done the same.
- fjp 7y agoYeah this is basically what every American company does after extorting some town or state for preferential tax breaks
- maerF0x0 7y ago> you can’t reasonably expect it to be forever Why not? The resource is still coming from Canada, they still need these employees. They're just shifting the jobs to China.