Talk:Crown corporation

I am dubious that the term "crown corporation" has much legal basis. I think it is a popular term for a government body. Might be wise to check the Financial Administration Act and various other acts at the Dept of Justice website to see if all of the federal bodies listed are really crown corporations or just "agencies" of the Government of Canada. The Agency is now a popular instrument of public policy, whereas the crown corporation has fallen out of favour.--BrentS 15:41, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Here is the link to the act. You'll find some, but not all Crown Corporations named, since they're often named elsewhere (which this act allows).  A complete list of official Crown Corporations is here, which validates this article.  I suggest there is immense "legal basis" for the term "Crown Corporation" for all those listed federally, and more.  --rob 06:30, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Canadianization
Before I touched it, this whole article was already exclusively about Canadian Crown corporations. Ideally it would be named "Canadian Crown Corporations", but I didn't make that change, since there seems to be many side effects of such a change, given the number of inbound links. I couldn't de-Canadianize it, since it was 99% Canadian already. So, I stated at the start of the article, it is about Canada. I welcome suggestions, or for others to do a more appropriate change. I'm really surprised there doesn't seem to be any state run corporation article. Maybe I just can't guess the correct term. --rob 06:03, 10 July 2005 (UTC)


 * In the UK executive bodies of this sort are referred to as NDPBs (colloquially "Quango"). Wiki-Ed 08:34, 4 October 2005 (UTC)


 * We do, it's called Government-owned corporation. 198.161.51.226 01:12, 13 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I agree when you say Canadianization. And the French article mainly concerns the Québécois (citizens). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 154.5.181.164 (talk) 16:32, 3 September 2007 (UTC)