Who owns Canada's economy?
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Who owns Canada's economy?

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 1, 202627 min
  • Interview
  • Business & money
  • About Canada

Prime Minister Mark Carney has been working to bring more foreign investment into Canada. At his recent Investment Summit, he told investors from all over the world that Canada “has what the world wants." This got us wondering, who already owns Canada's businesses and infrastructure? And could that change now that the government is courting more outside investment? Earlier this year, Marc Lee, a senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, wrote a piece called “Masters in our own house”, where he looked at how much of our econ...

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This is a CBC Podcast. Hey, everybody. I'm Jamie Poisson. Just over two weeks ago now at his big investment summit in Toronto, Prime Minister Mark Carney told investors that Canada

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