Why Canada Needs a National Security Amicus: Three McMillan LLP Lawyers Publish Report With C.D. Howe Institute

Why Canada Needs a National Security Amicus: Three McMillan LLP Lawyers Publish Report With C.D. Howe Institute

Foreign investment in Canadian companies has long been subject to government review. In recent years, however, the government has shifted from “net benefit” analyses that focus on economic and employment impacts to national security reviews.

As leading experts in foreign investment review, McMillan LLP lawyers, are deeply familiar with these issues. Our team understands the dampening effects the lack of transparency can have on inbound investment into Canada.

Three of our top lawyers — Joshua Krane, Stephen Wortley and Connor Campbell — have co-authored a report for the think tank C.D. Howe Institute arguing that the creation of a national security amicus would both lend transparency to an opaque process and ensure Canada’s national security concerns continue to be addressed.

We welcome their insights, which highlight our firm’s expertise and high-level of engagement with complex, cross-border transactions as well as Canadian and international trade law.

The report is entitled A Friend in High Places: A Proposal to Add a National Security

Amicus to Canada’s Investment Review Regime.

You can read the report on the C.D. Howe website here.

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