Canada Development Corporation

Not to be confused with Canada Development Investment Corporation.

The Canada Development Corporation was a Canadian corporation, based in Toronto, created and partly owned by the federal government and charged with developing and maintaining Canadian-controlled companies in the private sector through a mixture of public and private investment. It was technically not a crown corporation as it was intended to generate a profit and was created with the intention that, eventually, the government would own no more than 10% of its holdings; it did not require approvals of the Governor-in-Council for its activities and did not report to parliament. Its objectives and capitalization, however, were set out by parliament and any changes to its objects decided upon by the Board of Directors had to be approved by parliament.[1][2]

## History

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The CDC was created as a result of Walter Gordon's Royal Commission on Canada's Economic Prospects, and the 1968 Watkins Report commissioned by Gordon, in an attempt to redress the problem of foreign ownership in the Canadian economy by stimulating the development of Canadian owned corporations, particularly in the field of natural resources and industry.[3][4][5]

About 31,000 private shareholders invested in the corporation.[2] An early purchase of the corporation was Connaught Laboratories, the original manufacturer of insulin.[6]

Major investments owned by the CDC included holdings in petroleum, mines and petrochemicals[2] including Polymer Corporation, an asset transferred to it by the Canadian government. By 1982 the Canadian government had a 58% stake in the Savin Corporation.[7]

In 1986 the Corporation was dismantled as part of the Mulroney government's program of privatization.[2][8]

## References

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1. ^ Hampson, Anthony H., The Canada Development Corporation Archived 2007-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, address to the Empire Club of Canada, February 17, 1972
2. ^ a b c d Canada Development Corporation, The Canadian Encyclopedia
3. ^ Canada Development Corporation Archived 2007-02-13 at the Wayback Machine, Empire Club of Canada addresses, February 17, 1972
4. ^ David Johnson (2006). Thinking Government: Public Sector Management in Canada. University of Toronto Press. pp. 51, 172. ISBN 978-1-55111-779-9.
5. ^ United States International Trade Commission (1985). Foreign industrial targeting and its effects on U.S. industries, phase III: Brazil, Canada, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, and Taiwan : report to the Subcommittee on Trade, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, on investigation no. 332-162 under section 332(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930. U.S. International Trade Commission. p. 104.
6. ^ "A humble man of many talents, John Evans reinvented medical education". JUDY STOFFMAN. The Globe and Mail, March 25, 2017
7. ^ "COMPANY NEWS; Canada Unit to Get 58% Stake in Savin". New York Times, Jan 23, 1982
8. ^ Tasha Kheiriddin; Adam Daifallah (25 June 2008). Rescuing Canada's Right: Blueprint for a Conservative Revolution. John Wiley & Sons. p. 21\. ISBN 978-0-470-15721-3.

## External links

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* "Marshall Crowe". Distinguished Canadians. CBC Television. 3 July 1972. Retrieved 2009-11-09. 1972 interview with then CDC president Marshall Crowe.

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