COMPAS Poll/Survey
September 10, 2007
 

A Mixed Picture of Terrorism: Terrorist Threat Perceived as Declining, Yet Ottawa Earns Failing Grade for Preventing Would-Be Terrorists from Entering the Country and Panel Calls for Tough Trade and Investment Prohibitions against Terror-Sponsors like Iran

  A Weekly BDO Dunwoody CEO Business Leader Poll by COMPAS in the Financial Post
 
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The CEOs and business leaders on the COMPAS business panel present a mixed picture of Canada’s security situation on the sixth anniversary of 9/11. Panelists perceive the threat of terrorism to be more moderate than in the past. Yet they give the federal government one of its rare failing grades for weakness in preventing would-be terrorists from stepping onto Canadian soil. Meanwhile panelists uncharacteristically call for tough trade and investment prohibitions against terror-sponsoring countries like Iran.

As for the policies and preparations of panelists’ companies, panelists are divided broadly into equal-sized groups - those that have made preparations in the event of a terrorist crisis and those that have not.

These are the key findings from the current web-survey of the panel of CEOs and business leaders undertaken for the Financial Post under sponsorship of BDO Dunwoody LLP.

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