It can happen. It's probably not only Canada; that sort of thing can happen in different countries.
You might have to remind me about the first aspect of your question.
On the second one, the purchase from a European consortium, I'm not all that familiar with all the details, but there was certainly an interest, as you said, and eventually when the federal government approved the whole thing, eventually Boeing disposed itself of de Havilland because it was sold to the Ontario government and to Bombardier, and eventually the Ontario government pulled out and Bombardier became the sole owner.
My understanding as far as that general sale was concerned was that the Ontario government was certainly concerned, but Boeing had great problems with de Havilland because Boeing had experience with big airplanes, long-range aircraft, jets on their own soil, and they had this little company that had its own culture. You have company cultures, and they had massive problems so they were trying to find a way to divest themselves of it.
Why exactly the Ontario government objected might have been a question of job loss. It's possible, and I'm not just fabricating here, but it's possible that the European consortium might have decided that since they were making regional airliners that in a way competed with something that de Havilland could build, they might have wanted de Havilland to become more of a subcontractor to them—that is to make parts rather than make complete aircraft. That might have been part of the concerns that the Ontario government was involved with.