Earlier this month, I received an email forward that, unlike most others, stopped me in my tracks. This particular message was from colourofchange, an African-American lobbying group, and was not the usual invitation to attend a swanky fundraiser or join a junior board. It recounted that disturbing tale of...

As is sometimes the case, Canadians were a bit slow to the draw. America has had Enron, WorldCom and Tyco - a succession of cases that turned securities regulation upside down, and sent companies running for the hills, fearing that some horrible SEC Cyclops was going to devour them and...