This is a good point, but in Canada's case it was self inflicted. They had a strong desire to limit the number of people in the market for, I think, very opaque

This is a good point, but in Canada's case it was self inflicted. They had a strong desire to limit the number of people in the market for, I think, very opaque reasons. Assuming it's just so politician's friends can become rich by being first movers.