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Business and National Security: Oppose Sales Involving Military Technology or Foreign Government Corporations; Unchanging Desire for More Protection in the Case of Oil and Gas and Less in the Case of Airlines; Increased Desire for Protecting Ownership of Farmland
A Weekly BDO Dunwoody CEO Business Leader Poll by COMPAS in the Financial Post

In the wake of the federal government’s announcement that it would review national security aspects of foreign takeovers of Canadian corporations, the COMPAS CEO and business leader panel was asked for its views. The three key findings are:

• Very strong support for government intervention in the case of firms involved in military technology,
  
• Strong opposition to takeovers of Canadian companies by corporations owned by foreign governments,
  
• Unchanging desire for greater protection of Canadian ownership in oil and gas and loosening of restrictions in the case of airlines; and
  
• Increased support for protecting Canadian ownership of farmland.
  

These are the key findings from the past week’s web survey of the COMPAS CEO and business leader panel undertaken for The Financial Post under sponsorship of BDO Dunwoody LLP.