In an interview with The Activist Insight Podcast, Patricia Olasker speaks about the current climate of shareholder activism in Canada – most notably in the cannabis and mining sectors – and how companies can defend themselves against short-selling attacks.

While the nascent cannabis industry has until this point been dominated by shareholder-led activist campaigns, Patricia notes that we are starting to see signs of the emergence of traditional activism. In the mining sector, Patricia predicts that high levels of activist interest will continue, and that companies that are underperforming will feel pressure to ride the consolidation wave that’s been rippling through the industry.

Listen to the episode.