I missed the outcry when that truly Canadian icon, "Tim Hortons", was sold to Burger King.  Burger King in turn being owned by a Brazilian hedge fund called, I believe, 3G Capital.  Perhaps people would feel happier if these retirement homes had been sold to some US health care provider.  The kind which would only seek to cut "costs" by reducing staffing to dangerous levels of supervision, or even get rid of existing staff ( I know the law says that they cannot do that on a change of ownership, but do we really believe the law is going to help anyone other than the rich?) and look for any and all ways to maximize profits.