Pat Bolland

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Pat Bolland (born March 17, 1958) is a business television commentator currently hosting on Canada's financial news network, Business News Network.

Bolland joined BNN in February 2004, first in their morning programming and then hosting the popular afternoon show Trading Day with Pat Bolland, later moving back to mornings to host Market Morning.

Before joining BNN, he was an on-air editor at CNBC, launching the after-hours coverage in 1999 and moving to morning programs later. Before that he served several roles at CBC including host of CBC Morning and business editor of CBC Newsworld. He also created and hosted Investors On-Line, a nationally syndicated TV show; hosted Canada's Business Report, a daily radio show; and wrote an investment column for America Online.

Before becoming a broadcaster, Bolland spent a decade in the Canadian investment industry, starting as a phone clerk on the TSX at McLeod,Young,Weir rising to Vice President,Institutional Trading at ScotiaMcLeod. Bolland is a Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute.

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Bolland was born in Flint, Michigan, but was raised in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada as the oldest of 12 children. He graduated from Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario with a dual degree (BA (mathematics)/BPHE). He and his wife, Christine, reside in Mississauga and have five children. Bolland is active in the community, coaching ice hockey and girls lacrosse (Lorne Park Secondary School – varsity) while serving as President of the Mississauga trilliums Lacrosse Association.

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