Sunday, June 24, 2007

RPT-Bay Street Week Ahead: Are Canadians a bunch of wimps?

(Reuters) - VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 22 - "Canadians
are passive," says long-time shareholder activist Bob Verdun,
echoing an oft-heard lament about fainthearted investors in a
country where people are known for being polite, not
confrontational.




His comment comes as the criminal fraud trial of former
Canadian media tycoon Conrad Black is wrapping up in Chicago
and some people wonder why, when the holding company of Black's
now defunct publishing empire was based in Canada, he is not
being tried here?


Read more at Reuters.com Government Filings News

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