If Canon wanted to kill Leica just for the pure marketing joy of it, they would announce a Canon "P-5D". M mount, manual rangefinder body based on the 5D for $2,900. They would say three/four fast retro MF lenses were in the works.
But they won't. Leica is just a gnat buzzing around their face. The market share we represent is way down on the Canon/Nikon priority lists. We are not central to their business goals. We do not represent the sales growth Canon/Nikon and their shareholders crave.
We have to wait our turn until the DSLR market becomes super saturated.
Until then, I will enjoy film.
willie