COMPAS Poll/Survey
September 18, 2006
 

Crises and Crisis Preparedness: Harper Scores Highly While Border Problem Perceived as Worsening and Canada’s Legal and Immigration Systems Considered Failures Firms Perceive Palpable Risks for their Operations and Appear to Be Taking First Steps to Action

  A Weekly BDO Dunwoody CEO Business Leader Poll by COMPAS in the Financial Post
 
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CEOs and business leaders on the COMPAS panel perceive palpable risks for Canada and for the operations of their own firms from health contagion and terrorism crises. They give Harper high marks for handling the border and terrorism but perceive border problems as getting slightly worse. They continue to see the Canadian legal and immigration systems as failures against terrorism.

The data on company preparedness carry the first hints that firms are beginning to contemplate planning for crises that might affect their own operations.

These are the key findings from this past week’s web survey of CEOs and business leaders on the COMPAS panel, carried out for the Financial Post under sponsorship of BDO Dunwoody LLP on the anniversary of 9/11.

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