That's the way it is Bud! What makes you think Canada's stock market is any less corrupt than the rest of the world? Remember banks( through their wholely owned brokerages such as CIBC Wood Gundy ) own a large portion of the voting shares. Read up about stock market ownership and get a real education. Dundee Bank and BNS own the majority of the CNSX exchange that COU trades on. The other banks control the other new alternate trading platforms for their discount brokerages.