The Globe and Mail attempts to identify Canadian dividend stocks focused on safety and value in its Thursday, June 14, edition. The Globe's guest columnist Sean Pugliese writes in the Number Cruncher column that he screened for dividend growth by looking at Canadian-listed equities with a five-year compound annual dividend growth rate of 15 per cent or better. He narrowed the list down further by limiting his screen to companies with a market capitalization of $1-billion or more. Mr. Pugliese says he views market capitalization as a safety factor, as larger companies tend to offer investors more stability and liquidity. Mr. Pugliese also looked at debt-to-equity as a safety factor, with a lower ratio preferred, implying a company has enough equity to pay off its debts. Mr. Pugliese says he likes to tell his clients, "It's difficult to go bankrupt when you have little or no debt obligations." All of Mr. Pugliese's picks are expected to pay a dividend this year. Mr. Pugliese recommends buying Suncor Energy, Stella-Jones, Enghouse Systems, Metro, WestJet Airlines and Canadian National Railway.