So, people are telling you that your company has a liquidity problem and giving you a variety of different reasons for it. What contributes to it? Small float? Misunderstood story? Lack of growth? Lack of awareness? Little to no retail?

Every fall the CICA (Canadian Institute for Chartered Accountants) Corporate Reporting Awards recognize excellence in disclosure practices. Having participated as a judge in the Electronic Disclosure category for three years, I have taken a close look at a fair number of websites.

Equicom’s review of the Canadian healthcare sector in 2009 is titled ‘Survival, Success, and Surrender’. Most of the public companies we track focused on survival, a few were able to celebrate successes and some of our friends did not survive the year.