Introduction

This study uses economic analysis to evaluate the performance of multinational firms in Canada. It is well known that the multinational enterprise (MNE) is a dominant force in the Canadian economy. The majority of manufacturing industry and most of the petroleum, mining, and other resource industries are foreign owned. The impact of the MNE on Canadian investment, growth, productivity, employment, and the international payments balance has been the focus of many academic and official studies. These studies are reviewed and synthesized below. In addition, the present analysis focuses on the performance of individual MNEs and evaluates their contribution to the Canadian (host) and foreign (home) economies.