# Plan to Save BioWare and Mass Effect Proposed by Canadian Politician

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/plan-to-save-bioware-and-mass-effect-proposed-by-canadian-politician/
- Published: 2026-10-23T15:34:51+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-23T19:41:21+00:00
- Original publisher: Polygon
- Original article: https://www.polygon.com/bioware-mass-effect-canadian-government-bailout/
- Topics: Americas, Art, Culture, Entertainment, Gaming

## Key points

- Avi Lewis suggests federal support for a worker buyout of BioWare.
- No buyout plan has been announced, and his party lacks a Commons majority.
- Years of closures and layoffs have reduced the studio’s workforce.

## Summary

Avi Lewis, leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party, has proposed that BioWare employees be given the chance and federal support to buy the Edmonton studio from EA and run it independently. His comments follow reports that EA and its private equity investors have shut the developer, raising questions about the future of a studio known for Mass Effect and other major games.

Lewis’s party cannot make such a plan happen on its own, and no government buyout has been announced. Edmonton MP Eleanor Olszewski also voiced disappointment and said the government would work with partners to support local talent and Canada’s digital sector. BioWare has already lost many staff through studio closures and successive layoffs, so any revival would face a much smaller team than before.

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