What happens when a Canadian company gets bought out by an American one?

they take its patents, dismantle the company and sell off anything of value....and "retire" the employees

beaneyov wrote: ↑they take its patents, dismantle the company and sell off anything of value....and "retire" the employees

Is that the only possible outcome or is it the most likely one? There's little to no competition between the two companies as they're in separate companies, and perhaps the buyer may benefit by being able to expand their business to Canada as well.

Close up shop in Canada, and move to USA or Elsewhere that is cheaper.

That is how the cookie crumbles, thank our high cost of living we created for ourselves in Canada.

Been there. Hopefully it works out and they keep it going in Canada. But I definitely wouldn't expect it. So many companies taken over like this are dismantled sooner or later.

Tim hortons has seen a growth of 10% year over year since it's purchase.

Canadian operations are cheap at the moment, due to currency exchange.
If the Cdn setup is operating efficiently, it may be worthwhile for the parent company to pick up customers in USA and service them from Canada.
On the other hand, if the CDN company has its own customers, and they can be serviced by a larger USA organization at a small incremental cost (economy of scale) then it's pink slips time...