Four key steps can help secure Canadian sovereignty

The government has not defined a clear strategy to build and maintain Canadian ownership of our assets. Combined with the federal budget’s focus on attracting private capital, there’s a real danger that Ottawa will enable a sell-off of Canadian firms to foreign investors.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, and of Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne on budget day, Nov. 4. Carney has repeatedly called for ‘generational investments.’ You know what’s easier than making a generational investment? Not selling the things you already have, writes Jon Shell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JON SHELL

December 22, 2025

The day before the Nov. 4 federal budget was introduced, a Canadian gold mining company called New Gold

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