| The New Western Canadian Stock Exchange | | | | loser isn't going to be happy. The proposal to spread |
| | | | the jobs intoseveral cities won't work. Keep in mind |
| Published May 1998 | | | | that the New Western Exchange willbe starting as a |
| [ [ | | | | money-losing business. Spreading jobs increases costs. |
| Can three centers of stock fraud merge and create | | | | 3. They must delist at least the flagrant scams from |
| a reputable Stock | | | | the new stockexchange. This means the CDN will see |
| Exchange? The Canadians say "yes." "Forbes" won't | | | | most of its stocks delisted. The CDNbrokers won't |
| have the Vancouver Stock Exchange (VSE) to kick | | | | be happy. |
| around any more. In 1989, "Forbes" called the VSE | | | | 4. Listing costs are lowest for CDN companies and |
| "The Scam Capital of the World." The name stuck. | | | | highest for VSEcompanies. Currently, VSE listing costs |
| The VSE's reputation has made it impossible to sell | | | | exceed the cost of listing on the |
| VSE stocks anywhere in the World. Yet, the VSE is | | | | American Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB). |
| the cornerstone of the New Western Exchange. | | | | Listing costs on the |
| The Alberta Stock Exchange (ASE) gave investors | | | | Western Exchange must be even higher to carry all |
| Bre-X, the biggest miningstock fraud in history. The | | | | the bureaucrats addedfrom Alberta and Ontario. The |
| ASE spearheaded the creation of the New Western | | | | New Western Exchange will price itself beyond the |
| Exchange. | | | | means of the companies it hopes to attract. |
| The Canadian Dealers Network (CDN) is the third | | | | 5. The Internet offers a LEGAL and inexpensive |
| stooge joining the New | | | | alternative to the Western |
| Western Stock Exchange. The CDN is the Ontario | | | | Exchange. See the Capital Funds Group Website |
| Securities Commission's OTC cesspool. | | | | [ The listing competition for sound riskcapital |
| The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) has 88% of the | | | | companies will get worse in the next few years. |
| dollar value of sharestraded in Canada. Recent | | | | 6. Changing the regulations doesn't mean making the |
| regulatory changes moved the TSE away from listing | | | | system honest. Since |
| resource stocks. The New Western Canadian Stock | | | | 1984, the VSE regulations have changed often. The |
| Exchange is betting that they will get the TSE | | | | scams persist. The VSEhas been unwilling to weed |
| speculators interested in resource stocks. To this | | | | out its dishonest members. The crooks willcontrol the |
| end, the VSE is doing "Dog & Pony" Shows in Europe. | | | | new stock exchange, as they currently control the |
| They hope to recruit the faithful gold bugs back into | | | | VSE. |
| their fold. | | | | 7. Under British Columbia Law, residents can't trade |
| The Montreal Stock Exchange (MSE) has 10% of the | | | | stocks throughbrokerage firms outside Canada. I |
| dollar value of sharestraded in Canada. A Decade ago, | | | | suspect that this Provincial Law existsin every |
| they were in competition with the TSE as | | | | Canadian Province. This law violates NAFTA. The |
| Canada's leading Stock Exchange. In the past Decade, | | | | problem for the |
| the quality of theirlistings has made them more of a | | | | New Western Exchange is that the Canadian |
| competitor to the scam ridden VSE. Isuspect they'll | | | | shareholders of their listedcompanies can't sell their |
| eventually bury the Western Exchange. | | | | shares in the States or Europe. The |
| Here are some of the current obstacles that the | | | | non-Canadianbroker would violate the Canadian |
| New Western Canadian Stock Exchange | | | | Provincial Law by trading in Western |
| mustovercome. | | | | Exchange stocks. Without a foreign "aftermarket" for |
| 1. They have 2% of the dollar value of shares traded | | | | their stock, what |
| in Canada. This isn'tadequate to support the | | | | Canadian will buy the stock? |
| bureaucrats running the system. | | | | I'll take my lead on the New Western Canadian Stock |
| 2. Vancouver and Alberta are battling to be the | | | | Exchange from William Shakespeare. |
| physical location of thenew stock exchange. Given | | | | "An outhouse by any other name will still smell. |
| the importance of "white collar" jobs in Canada,the | | | | |