Yes, it is true that the brokerage reports all gains (in fact all transactions) to the CRA, however, it is still up to you to disclose it to them... how's that for redundant...
March 2009 was a once in a generation opportunity. The next such opportunity will be March 2029.
Yeah, it was nice, but I also found similar opportunities and returns in my own portfolio in 2001,2002,2003 (all above 45% annual returns). So, I do think you can hit these more often than the market does... I was also glad to sell most my dud stocks during Beijing olympics when there was pretty low beta. 08 was still a tough year!
some current holdings swapped up in March that are buys today:
Motorola @3.10
Ford @2.11
General Electric @7.41
Fidelity Southern Corporation (Fidelity Bank & LionMark Insurance) @1.26
Vist Financial Corp @5.24
Iteris @1.01
also bought over the holidays:
TorStar @6.10 Dec. 17th
Hemisphere GPS @.72
Hartco @$2.60