Commentary
Oh here’s a surprise. A highly-touted, much-sought-after Chinese investment in Canada’s lobster industry has “turned sour” amid charges of corruption and a string of ludicrous lies. Can somebody remind me why we’re going so far out of our way to transform our economy this way?
The company claims it was shocked, shocked to discover alleged shady dealings by two employees who counterclaim that they never worked for the firm, or if they did, not as managers, and were shocked, shocked to discover its alleged shady dealings. Canadian courts will have a field day, or decades, stumbling through this one. But what of the bigger picture?…