Exam 1: Investigating Ownership Concentration, Transnational Connections, and State Involvement in the Canadian Economy

The asset value of government businesses and enterprises has declined between 1961 and 2001.

The role of foreign owners in Canada's economy is the study of what phenomenon?

In recent years Canadian businesses have bought or invested in foreign countries more than the other way around.

Explain what occurred with foreign direct investment in Canada after the Second World War.

What consequences will follow the proposed $26 billion purchase of Shaw Communications by Rogers?

Which of the following is not a principle component of Canada's economic power structure?

Are you worried about foreign ownership in Canada? Does this differ from Canadian involvement in foreign nations? Is some transnational activity more justifiable than others?

In your own words, please define "transnational connections" and briefly elaborate on what these connections include.

What best explains the nature of the economic policies of the federal government/ administrations since the mid-1980s?

What does research tell us about ownership concentration in Canada? What changes are evident?

What are transnational connections? Explain how these linkages have changed throughout Canada's history.

Between 1985 and 2013, there was a reduction of foreign-owned companies in the top 10 companies operating in Canada.

Public interest groups and workers' unions should be concerned about family-owned enterprises because:

Which of the following statements does not apply to the contemporary Canadian economy?

Explain one of the means for measuring state economic power. According to this measure, explain how state power has changed or has not changed.

Companies based in what country have the most notable presence in the Canadian economy?

The Canadian government has only ever acted as to protect Canadian companies from foreign competition.

Historically, many powerful companies were owned or controlled by a small number of people.

What do John Porter's analysis in the 1950s and 1960s and Wallace Clement's studies in the 1970s emphasize?

What do you think about state involvement in the economy? Do you feel that it directly affects you?