Foreign Investment in Canada – good or bad?

Foreign Investment in Canada – good or bad?

By Renee Bueckert, February 2010

Some of us fear the unknown. More accurately, most of us fear what we don’t understand or perhaps what we think we do. Of course, this holds true in many aspects of our lives and often, it is the power of knowledge that frees us from our apprehensions. Thus is true when we embark on the topic of foreign investment into Canada, a topic that can conjure up a multiplicity of thoughts and reactions. For some, these words bring hope and optimism for renewed economic vigor, increased productivity and strong levels of employment; for others these words ring of patriotic protectionism, both admirable and yet polarized perspectives of a healthy economy. Just as it was when we discovered the earth was round, not flat – the facts remained regardless of how anyone really felt about it: we couldn’t fall off the planet if we walked too far in any direction.

"Investing in a creative economy"

An interesting article in the Financial Post talks about how investors can benefit from investing in a creative economy.

"Rural communities have a unique proposition to offer urban areas and are finding increased success marketing themselves as ideal retirement and tourism locales, in addition to sources of traditional natural resources."

The entire article can be found on Financial Post website.

Source: Financial Post, 2010

Sunbelt Radio - February 5

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