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From What's Inside: -- Many senior executives of Canadian foreign-owned companies who responded to the survey indicated that the role of Canadian subsidiaries is a top and timely issue for business leaders. -- The majority of business leaders of Canadian foreign-owned subsidiaries have seen no change in reporting relationships with their parents and expressed optimism concerning opportunities within the global marketplace. -- Companies with broader market focus, such as technology firms, are more likely to undergo a change in their relationship with the parent company. -- When there has been a change, more often the change is to more rather than less parent control. -- Subsidiaries of Euoprean companies in Canada tend to have more autonomy than subsidiaries of U.S. companies in Canada.