Friday, September 12, 2008

Harper says he'll open up Canadian firms to foreigners

Interesting approach -- of course the question is whether Canada really needs more foreign ownership. It's not as if we don't have plenty of it already... .

OTTAWA - Stephen Harper took his campaign to Halifax on Friday, promising to make it easier for foreign investors in Canada - and hoping for no more blunders by his Conservative war room.

The prime minister made six promises aimed at attracting foreign investment, including more than tripling the threshold for foreign investment reviews to $1 billion.


Full story here:

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080912/national/fedelxn_main

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Anonymous said...

I don't get it. Harper and/or his team keep tripping up and yet the headline in The Star (online edition) is, "Tory Lead Strengthening". WTF!!!

Are we Libs, or more precisely, is Dion so unappealing to Canadians?

If the Cons campaign ever gets on track, we are dead!!

September 12, 2008 at 12:35 PM

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