Canadian political leader blames BioWare's closure on private equity 'ripping them apart for short-term profit', wants devs to buy it back with federal support
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Avi Lewis, head of the Canadian NDP party, has expressed support for employees laid off by EA last week, and spoke out about the perils of private equity.
In the wake of EA's tragic shuttering of BioWare last week, a leader of one of Canada's New Democratic Party has spoken out about the perils of private equity, and said BioWare employees should be able to buy the studio with "federal support".
Avi Lewis, head of Canada's NDP, took to Bluesky to decry the news of BioWare's closure. He wrote: "This is private equity, this is what it does. Buy up businesses, run them into the ground, and rip them apart for short-term profit."
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