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The author emphasizes the need for investors to correct the way in which they value large Canadian stocks. He cites a research finding which shows that correcting for accounting inequities can eliminate anywhere from 3 percent to 21 percent of the stock value of a company. He cites several factors that must be examined by investors such as capitalized costs. The manner in which capitalized costs can be examined with several companies, including CAE and Canadian Pacific Railway, is discussed.