The new policy means Canada will allow foreign-controlled multinationals to qualify as “Canadian” simply by running revenue and some employment through a local subsidiary. Take General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems. With plants across Quebec, it dominates the production of bullets, shells, missiles, and explosives in Canada. But the firm is American. The policy thus invites the very gaming it is supposed to stop. If this approach persists, a Canadian mailing address will be considered as important as who owns or controls the company. The result will be a system that continues to bind us to foreign allies rather than supporting and growing our own.