Also how is Canada in the stone age technologically? The TMX provides far more direct access to various technologies that are not available by any of the exchanges in the U.S. such as native smart order routers, TMX's native pre-trade risk checks (Mantara) which was a regulatory requirement added back in March to prevent any kind of fat finger mistake or flash crash, and a host of technologies built right into the exchange.
The consolidated market data products available on the TMX are also much more comprehensive than the ones in the U.S., for example in the U.S. all you get are the consolidated last sale (CTS) and consolidated top of book (CQS), in Canada the TMX provides those via the CLS and CBBO but in addition it also provides the consolidated depth of book via the CDF feeds.