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• Glen O 2018-12-17 10:49:30 AM You all took a risk. You got paid a high return (for a while) for taking that risk. Then the music stopped. The risk became evident. Now you are crying foul. I understand. But high return = high risk, and yet none of you thought to get independent legal advice before gambling your money on a high return ? And now you want compensation from ..... me ? I know you will all react emotionally to what I have to say, but think about it..... Do you have responsibility in this too ?

• Glen O 2018-12-17 10:39:57 AM Sick of hearing people asking for compensation from "Government". That is my tax $ you are asking for . Sure there was criminal activity. Sure there was inexpert oversight. BUT....you whiners should have got independent legal advice. Buyer/investor beware. As with any investment. So now you learned a lesson. You will never do that again. DO NOT INSTINCTIVELY GRAB FOR MY TAX $$ !!! Do not expect to be protected from everything all the time by "Government" (taxpayers). Take responsibility for YOUR role in this. Two wrongs do not make a right.

• Ron 2018-12-17 9:41:59 AM Rich Spence is a proven leader with loads of broker experience. He'll do well in that role as Mr. Mortgage Centre!

• GBKB 2018-12-16 5:16:54 PM I am in all the way .

• Clarence Godinho 2018-12-16 4:24:18 PM My name is Clarence Godinho. I am named in this article. I am a CFP, CLU, insurance agent and mortgage agent. Over the last few months, I have been trying to get information out that is not being shared with the public. The article mentions that I am blaming negative media for the issues, that is not entirely correct...I have a problem with selective reporting. There are many factors impacting this investment. I sent an email on October 1 to reporters that have been actively reporting on the topic. This email had supporting documents from credible sources that could help investors. The email went to reporters from Globe & Mail, CBC, TheStar, National Post, Maclean's & Mortgage Broker News. The Globe & Mail reporter, Janet McFarland replied saying, "Is there something you would like me to do with all of this material?" She has since written about 5 articles with no mention of the information. Neil Sharma of Mortgage Broker News, who wrote this article, met with me on Oct 4. He wanted to "leave David Franklin out of this" and admitted to not verifying claims before reporting...he was questioning disclosure documents but then admitted to never have read any of the documents investors went through before reporting on lack of disclosure. He offered to interview me for an article...never happened. In fact he told me he would keep me anonymous and a week later, he offered me a meeting with him and David Franklin. About 30 minutes after offering me that meeting, David Franklin sent me an email. I would receive about 50 emails from him in the next 30 days. I realized that no one would help get the information out that I had so I created a presentation to share this information. It has numerous credible sources attached including Court records. To date, investors representing 1300 investments, have provided support for this action. David Franklin names people who are with my current mortgage brokerage. None of them were part of the presentation that I put together. When people don't want information out, they try to do anything to prevent it. He thinks I will be afraid that my business may suffer if he puts my name in an article or he thinks that if he puts other people at risk, I may stop and let him get his way. None of the people named are part of what I have done and I am not telling people what to think. I am just providing information from other sources. These people claim lack of disclosure and then they want to avoid people from having information. They have added tremendous risk to Investors and are now trying to profit out of a situation they had a hand in creating. I think people should beware of being taken advantage of. Many people who support them and who want to make decisions without all the facts will attack me and many have, but many have also requested a copy of the presentation and some of these have replied providing support. If you want a copy of the presentation, please email: investorvoice@hotmail.com. People who have an influence over the media, control the narrative. When the media blocks you, how do you get your information out. David Franklin and his supporters are quoted in multiple articles. There are issues and there are actions that can be taken but people have to understand the whole story and then can get behind action that has the greatest likelihood of success, not just profit to lawyer's for opening as many cases that they choose to only to leave investors liable for costs when cases are not successful.