If they are respecting the laws of the other countries and participating as good citizens, of course we'd favour that. What concerns me is Ford Canada, which developed an export market in Cuba and then was told by the U.S. Department of State that it could no longer export to Cuba. It's the extraterritoriality of American trade law as it applies to American companies in Canada that is the problem. The problem is not Canadian foreign investment abroad, unless the Canadian government is going to start ordering our companies around. The problem does arise in Canada, and has arisen with American-owned companies, in which their export capacity has been limited by the American legislation.
On May 13th, 2014. See this statement in context.