And in the charged atmosphere after this bail-out meddling politicians, as part-owners, would have a tempting lever over the Banks.

The Gutzlers were part-owners of a family-owned furniture store that has served the southern Illinois community of Nashville for five decades.

Now aboriginal groups along the path of the proposed Mackenzie Valley natural-gas pipeline in the Northwest Territories stand to become part-owners of the C$7 billion project—if it goes ahead.