3 ms·
Outside of retail, all of the rest of those have real national security implications. And if by retail you're referring to burger joints or Target, I'm afraid
by 52-6F-62 6y ago
Outside of retail, all of the rest of those have real national security implications.
And if by retail you're referring to burger joints or Target, I'm afraid that's just market effect.
- alteria 6y agoPlus Target shot themselves in the foot with poor SAP integration among other blunders.
- cal5k 6y agoThere's a big difference between considering national security issues and bungling foreign direct investment completely (except for real estate). It's also no excuse for the protection of oligopolies that don't act in the best interests of Canadians.
- 52-6F-62 6y agoIn that case I'll take the likely unpopular opinion that: it's better our assholes than someone else's. And foreign direct investment in energy, food supplies, telecommunications absolutely has national security implications. I would be loathe to have a foreign entity become the major stateholder in our telecommunications infrastructure. I don't harbour any deep love of the Rogers family, but they are solidly Canadian at least.