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TMX-LSE Deal: When Business and Politics Collide

Saturday, February 19, 2011 | Categories: News Promo, Past Episodes |

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This week on The House, Kathleen Petty talks to Founder and Chairman of Caldwell Financial Ltd. -- and past governor of the Toronto Stock Exchange --Thomas Caldwell about the business case for the proposed TMX-LSE deal... and the politics that are getting in the way.



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Bev Oda.jpg Who said it was NOT going to be a big story? CBC reporters Kady O'Malley and James Fitz-Morris bring us up to speed on the ongoing story of how Minister Bev Oda came to the decision not to fund the charity KAIROS.






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Can you rely on political polls and the pollsters who analyze them? Pollster Allan Gregg from Harris Decima and former parliamentary reporter Paul Adams have a few warnings.

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Web Extra: EKOS Research president Frank Graves talks about the challenges pollsters face.
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