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.