A Canadian perspective:
“So maybe you didn’t lose a night’s sleep when the TMX group, the owner of the Toronto Stock Exchange, announced plans to merge with the London Stock Exchange Group. But the change in ownership of Canada’s biggest stock exchange might be a wake-up call.”
See http://rabble.ca/columnists/2011/02/should-you-care-who-owns-toronto-stock-exchange.
See also http://www.embassymag.ca/page/view/tmx-02-16-2011 http://www.financialpost.com/news/mining/LONDON+CALLING/4269844/story.html http://www.financialpost.com/news/mining/Canadian+mining+industry+cheers+deal/4252014/story.html http://www.financialpost.com/news/mining/Mining+industry+upheaval+feared+exchange+merger/4269081/story.html