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Originally Posted by inhalo
5th Question.
Today I ask you to name as many American companies that are in Canada as you can. Those of you in Toronto probably have an un-characteristic amount compared to the rest of Canada. Please try and list only those that are likeley to be found throughout Canada.
After that, perhaps you could offer your opinions about those companies being in Canada.
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This would be a long and tedious list. There are *way* too many to list, believe me. Most of them are multinational corporations that have a home office in the US and many more are just US companies with branch offices here.
I don't have an issue with this as such. There are many Canadian companies as well.
What does bother me is the trend that sees a successful Canadian company either move their interests to the States or get bought out by US controlling interests. Examples of this would be Lions Gate Films (started as a Canadian company, moved into the lucrative US market, and is now selling off or closing down much of the Canadian arm) and Delrina, the makers of WinFax (bought by Symantec).
It isn't that they are no longer in Canada (although some jobs have been lost to the US) it's that they are no longer managed from Canada.