Securities, Scotia Capital, GMP Securities, Desjardins Securities, Macquarie Private Wealth, Raymond James and UBS Securities Canada.

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From big-city Montreal to the Atlantic-facing Nova Scotia capital of Halifax, the 1, 346km Ocean service is an almost 24-hour trip.

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Scotia Capital analyst Gus Papageorgiou cut his rating to Sector Perform from Outperform.

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And Scotia Capital analyst Michael O'Rourke says he has detected "no noticeable shift" in ski resort business as a result of this year's Salt Lake City games.

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Gus Papageorgiou of Scotia Capital told me this in December.

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"I think it's necessary, " says Scotia Capital analyst Gus Papageorgiou.

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Stephen Malyon, a senior currency analyst at Scotia Capital in Toronto, told Reuters that, despite the strong headline GDP figure, it was slightly misleading as inventories accounted of 0.5% of the rise.

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This week it was shot down when federal and provincial ministers held a special meeting on the issue, in Halifax, Nova Scotia's capital.

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Beyond JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, PXP will be getting financing from BMO Capital Markets, Barclays, Citigroup, Royal Bank of Canada, and the Bank of Nova Scotia.

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