Foreign companies buying key Canadian defence firms with no objection from feds

Ottawa Citizen: Critics have raised concerns that the deals fly in the face of Carney’s initiative to ensure Canada has a domestically controlled defence industry. The prime minister, whose government is spending tens of billions of dollars on new military equipment, has repeatedly warned about Canada’s over-reliance on military equipment from foreign-owned companies. He has particularly focused on American.-owned firms in the wake of threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to economically cripple Canada and suggest it could be annexed to be the 51st state…