Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Canadian companies that were either sold to foreigners or no longer exist.

(I created a video that documents how Walmart and globalization affected the Canadian economy---Google "savecfbrockcliffe a video I produced for Nancy".)
The kitten in the video refers to the Glenayr Kitten Mill in Lanark, Ontario, where I bought sweaters during the 1980's. RCA Victor and the Hershey Factory were located in Smiths Falls, Ontario. Walmart is wholly owned by the Americans.
    1. MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.
    2. .Woodward Stores Ltd.
    3. Zeller's Limited
    4. Simpsons Limited
    5. Hiram Walker - Gooderham and Worts Limited
    6. F. W. Woolworth Co. Ltd.
    7. Hawker Siddeley Canada
    8. Petrofina Canada Ltd.
    9. Falconbridge Limited
    10. Inco Ltd.
    11. The T. Eaton Company Ltd.
    12. Massey-Ferguson Ltd.
    13. Hudson's Bay Company
    14. Canadian Pacific Ltd.
    15. Gulf Oil Canada Ltd.
    16. Avro Canada
    17. de Havilland Canada
    18. S.S. Kresge Company Ltd.
    19. Canadian General Electric Ltd.
    20. Abitibi Paper Company Ltd.
    21. Texaco Canada Ltd.
    22. Dylex Limited
    23. Blockbuster Canada
    24. Dominion Foundries and Steel Ltd. (Dofasco)
    25. Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada
    26. Swift Canadian Company Ltd.
    27. Husky Oil Ltd.
    28. Union Carbide Canada Limited
    29. Westinghouse Canada Ltd.
    30. Canadair Limited
    31. Eldorado Mining and Refining Ltd.
    32. Teleglobe Canada - a privatized federal Crown corporation.
    33. Boutique Jacob
    34. Alcan Aluminum Canada
    35. Nortel
    36. Kodak Canada
    37. Blacks Photography
    38. Bata Shoes

    39. Hershey's Chocolate
    40. Sears
    41. The Canadian National Railway - The People's Railway is now owned by Bill Gates among others. Prince al Waleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia owned the CN and CPR hotels, including the Chateau Laurier, Royal York, Chateau Frontenac, Banff Springs, Jasper Park Lodge, Empress Hotel, Queen Elizabeth Hotel...the list goes on. John Lennon and Yoko Ono sang "Give Peace a Chance" in the Queen Elizabeth Hotel. In 1973 I paid about $120 dollars for a railway pass, which gave me the opportunity to see Canada from Coast to Coast. Janis Joplin, Buddy Guy, Ian and Sylvia, the Band and the Grateful Dead also traveled cross country on a CN Rail train; the trip  (in more ways than one) is documented in the movie "The Festival Express". The CNR was a federal Crown corporation, owned by all Canadians, until it was denationalized.
    42. Glenayr Kitten Mill
    43. Electro-Motive Division
    44. ATI Technologies
    45. Viterra
    46. International Harvester of Canada Limited
    47. Wardair Canada Ltd.
    Companies that are still Canadian owned:
    1. Canadian Tire Corporation
    2. Maple Leaf Foods
    3. Bell Canada
    4. Rogers Communications 
    5. Comwave Networks Inc.
    6. Iron Ore Company of Canada
    7. Hydro-Quebec
    8. Second Cup Coffee Co
     Factories in London, Ontario manufactured railway cars and equipment for the CNR, thanks to Sir John Carling. The excerpt from a Geography essay was written in 1970.

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