I mean in those hypothetical scenarios, first if national security is at stake and a foreign entity does something to threaten that national security, measures up to and including expropriating the asset temporarily or permanently. If it's no longer profitable and therefore going to be shut down but remains critical to national interests then the government could just buy the thing then.
Not that I'm categorically against a crown corp owning part or all of a piece of infrastructure of course, it all depends on the circumstances, and getting this stuff built while there is a window of political will and national unity is probably worth it regardless.
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