Canadian union seeks federal review of $55B EA takeover citing national security risks

Potential job losses feared across Canada's $5.1 billion video game industry if the acquisition proceeds as planned.

For more than thirty years, Electronic Arts has been a quiet pillar of Canada's creative economy, its studios in Burnaby and beyond shaping games played by millions worldwide. Now a $55 billion sale to a consortium anchored by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund and a private equity firm tied to Jared Kushner has prompted a Canadian union to ask a fundamental question: when a nation's cultural and digital infrastructure changes hands across borders, who is responsible for what is lost? The deal, expected to close in early 2027, sits at the intersection of national security, data sovereignty,

Canadian union seeks federal review of $55B EA takeover citing national security risks

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