Editing Brian Mulroney (section)

==== Privatizations ====

Mulroney's government privatized many of Canada's [[Crown corporations of Canada|crown corporations]]. In 1984, the [[Government of Canada]] held 61 crown corporations. Under Mulroney, it sold off 23 of them,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2004/RAND_MG169.pdf|title=Lessons from the North: Canada's Privatization of Military Ammunition Production|access-date=June 7, 2010|archive-date=June 24, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624111426/http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2004/RAND_MG169.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> including [[Air Canada]], which was completely privatized by 1989,<ref>{{cite news | title=Indepth: Air Canada Timeline | date=June 20, 2005 | url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/aircanada/timeline.html | publisher=[[CBC News]] | access-date=July 29, 2022 | url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060421035635/http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/aircanada/timeline.html |archive-date=April 21, 2006}}</ref> although the ''Air Canada Public Participation Act'' continued to make certain requirements of the airline.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/A-10.1/FullText.html |title=Air Canada Public Participation Act |publisher=Laws.justice.gc.ca |date=May 31, 2010 |access-date=April 16, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507092239/https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/A-10.1/FullText.html |archive-date=May 7, 2013 }}</ref> Mulroney's government also privatized [[Connaught Laboratories]] in 1984 through two public issues (one in 1984 and one in 1987)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thomas |first1=William |title=Connaught Labs — the greatest mistake ever made by a Canadian government |url=https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/local-niagara-falls/opinion/columnists/2021/02/22/connaught-labs-the-greatest-mistake-ever-made-by-a-canadian-government.html |website=St. Catherine's Standard |access-date=July 29, 2022 |date=February 22, 2021 |archive-date=July 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729221320/https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/local-niagara-falls/opinion/columnists/2021/02/22/connaught-labs-the-greatest-mistake-ever-made-by-a-canadian-government.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=History fuels nationalism-global trade debate|last=Enchin|first=Harvey|date=September 30, 1989|work=The Globe and Mail|page=B1|issn=0319-0714}}</ref> and [[Petro-Canada]] in 1991.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yusufali |first1=Sasha |last2=Pratt |first2=Larry |title=Petro-Canada |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/petro-canada |website=Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date=July 29, 2022 |date=November 16, 2009 |archive-date=July 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729221537/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/petro-canada |url-status=live }}</ref>