The 25 largest enterprises in Canada control 45.5% of all corporate assets. Foreign control of these assets is 3.5 %. US control of all corporate assets in Canada ( 10.8 %) now in the lowest ranges this half-century. There is more foreign direct investment per person FROM Canada than the US, Japan, Germany or France (and more to developing countries than the last two). Is this the profile of an oppressed country where nationalist opposition to 'free' trade makes sense? [Statistics Canada CALURA 1994. Enterprises are corporations grouped under common control. "Top 25" ranked by assets. "Control" means non-resident ownership of more than 50% of voting shares (or 33% if this larger than the next two share blocks combined). FDI data from UN and OECD.) Bill Burgess Vancouver
