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| October 31, 2005 |
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| CEOs and business leaders are inclined to believe that Canada will ultimately not experience a pandemic within two years. They nonetheless believe that Canada is under-prepared, possessing too few pills for treating the condition if it erupted on a large scale Despite the insufficient supply, the overwhelming majority are confident that pills would be distributed fairly according to need rather than according to networks of influence and political power. The federal government earns a bare passing grade while provincial governments receive failing grades for their role in preparing the country for a possible pandemic. Employers seem to have taken few precautions themselves. According to the panel of CEO and business leader respondents, almost none have acquired their own supply of pills. Few organizations are prepared, and they seem to be paying less attention to a possible outbreak of the flu among employees than they were in the case of SARS during the SARS crisis. The overwhelming majority do not believe that employers should be held accountable if an employee contracts Avian flu during the course of work. The theme of Avian flu and government preparations touched a chord with respondents, who volunteered an exceptional number of verbatims on the topic. We devote a special section to their volunteered comments, which are diverse in their content and inclinations. These are the key findings from this week’s COMPAS web-survey of CEOs and business leaders for The Financial Post on behalf of BDO Dunwoody LLP and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. |
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