I'm Canadian & OTC is available to me through Royal Bank of Canada and all other 5 major banks. I own both APH and APHQF, respectively TSX and OTC symbols.
If (and that's s HUGE IF) CDS drops out from clearing funds for APH on TSX I'm buying more APHQF. Simple as that.
The article is an opinion based here-say speculation Globe & Mail article (the newspaper that published it). The CDS never "formally discussed" this issue. That quote is actually in the initial article. Just read it slowly.
Also in the Globe article the author l mentions that CDS may actually NOT EVEN HAVE THE AUTHORITY to pull out as a clearing house.
News 
Market Data 
Discover 
