Mr. Subrata Bhattacharjee at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On May 15th, 2023. See this statement in context.

May 15th, 2023 / 4:55 p.m.

Partner and National Chair, Competition and Foreign Investment Review Group, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, As an Individual

Subrata Bhattacharjee

Thank you for letting me correct my view that the process was wacky. It is not wacky. It is a choice that the U.K. legislature has made because they believe, I believe, that national security issues can arise in the review of domestic transactions.

I'm not really aware of the other circumstances for why they have done that, but it is a very different approach than what we've chosen to do here in Canada.

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