Canadian Owned Investment

Paper Summary:

In this article, the writer looks at the historic patterns of Canadian-owned investment capital since the middle of the last century and explores how investment patterns were impacted by the arrival of the Free Trade Agreement. Specifically, the paper delves into which industries appear to be receiving Canadian investment capital, which ones are not, if that investment capital is staying in Canada, who among Canadian investment capital owners appear to be benefiting from the free trade regime, and what the future holds for Canadian-owned capital and those who determine to which ends it is put. In the final analysis, the writer maintains that Canadian-owned capital, largely because of free trade, will become more internationalized, more concentrated in service sectors, and more aggressively invested.

Outline:
Introduction
Historic Patterns of Canadian-Owned Capital Investment - From the 1950s Onward
The Introduction of Free Trade: How it Impacted Canadian-Owned Capital
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"As one might expect, Canadians have long sent their disposable investment capital south of the border; indeed, by about the middle of the twentieth century, Canadians were sending more investment capital to America than they were to any other country. By the early 1960s, Canadians also constituted the largest group of foreigners engaging in "issue borrowing" in New York - so it is evident that many Canadian investors and borrowers preferred to deal with New York at least much as they did Toronto or Montreal. Naturally, this investment approach rather complicated nationalist policies put forward by Canadian governments which would have preferred that investment monies remain in Canada."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bradford, Neil & Glen Williams. "What Went Wrong? Explaining Canadian Industrialization." The New Canadian Political Economy. Wallace Clement and Glen Williams (eds.). Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1989. 54-76.
• Canadian Embassy, Washington. "United States-Canada: The World's Largest Trading Relationship." Washington: Canadian Embassy. Apr. 2004. Government of Canada. 9 Nov. 2006 <http://geo.international.gc.ca/can-am/washington/trade_and_investment/wltr-en.asp>
• Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. "The NAFTA's Impact." The North American Free Trade Agreement. 16 Apr. 2003. Government of Canada. 9 Nov. 2006 <http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/nafta-alena/nafta5_section04-en.asp>
• Globerman, Steven & Daniel M. Shapiro. "The Impact of Government Policies on Foreign Direct Investment: The Canadian Experience." Journal of International Business Studies, 30.3 (1999): 513-532.
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