On balance, Canada’s CEOs and business leaders think that now is the best time for investors to be looking for buying opportunities but there is a hint that Iraq-related uncertainty may be edging up. While they do not think that the world situation involving Iraq affects their own organizations or the organizations they deal with, they do think that the economy as a whole would benefit sharply from a quick toppling of the Saddam government and be harmed by a prolonged land war.

These are the key findings from the current web-survey of CEOs and other business leaders conducted by COMPAS on behalf of the National Post under sponsorship of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and CIBC Small Business.

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