Troubles in Canada’s energy industry have taken the shine off its economy, but this has done little to deter the host of international outfits eager to tap into the market. With firms such as Dentons and Norton Rose Fulbright already active there, James Boxell asks what attracted them to the country, and whether their ‘one-stop shops’ can take on the dominant seven sisters
With a rise in joblessness in December, a weaker loonie (the local nickname for the Canadian dollar) and emerging fears about a housing market bubble, Canada’s economy has lost some of its post-Lehman lustre in recent months.
