CEOs think Quebec election results are good for national unity, and perceive the probability of Quebec separation as 15%--low but not negligible.

Panellists' assessments of the contributions of various national and provincial actors, past and present, to national unity are largely unchanged since our last measurement. For example, Chretien and Martin each continue to earn 49-50% scores while Layton remains in the 30's and Charest continues to earn a mean score in the 60 range.

The one change, a major one, is a very big jump in performance score for Harper on the unity file - 65% today compared to in the 36% a year and a half ago when he was Opposition leader.

These are the main findings from the weekly CEO and business leader undertaken by COMPAS for the Financial Post under sponsorship of BDO Dunwoody LLP.

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