"Ottawa approves sale of B.C. retirement-home chain to Chinese group with murky ownership"

The headline says it all. Ottawa, did not do its job. If it couldn't get behind the veil of ownership (very common in China), it should have said, No.

However, the well reported cash-for-access paid by this company was a good investment by it because it overcame of of the nasty issues of transparency.

Nothing to see here, move along now.