RE:Oh I guess that working the pipes is - The Melt Down TheoryAvatar1. Exactly.....only a matter of time. The Canadian banks that have allowed "Short Exempt Status", who own the brokerage firms in Canada and the U.S., have a gigantic financial risk in backing this practice. A suit in B.C. is underway and a class action suit from Save Canadian Mining WILL OPEN UP THIS PANDORA'S BOX. Get on board early. Buy VCT or TORVF, while they are dirt cheap. I have.