Razzle-dazzle 'em

In the worst of times it was, perhaps, the best of times. The sixth annual IR Magazine Canada Awards, held February 27 in Toronto, celebrated the finest IR officers and programs of the past year – a period that may, for years, be remembered as the acid test for IR smarts. In the aftermath of an era defined by corporate rot – when professionalism decayed, sell-side analysts lied to our grandmothers, regulators remained flaccid, and the clamor for transparency grew louder than ever while