Thomson and Weston families win Hudson's Bay charter auction

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Thomson and Weston families will purchase Hudson's Bay's royal charter. The families' holding companies were chosen to buy the 1670 document. They will pay $18 million and donate it to four Canadian museums if a court approves. The charter granted Hudson's Bay control over a third of Canada, laying groundwork for colonialism. The families are among Canada's wealthiest.


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