Month: November 2018

PETITION: SHOULD BC SECURITIES COMMISSION CHAIR BRENDA LEONG DONATE HER BONUS TO CHARITY?

We want to know what you think!

As we reported last week, Staff at the British Columbia Securities Commission were offered over $620,000 in Retention Bonus in an attempt to get them NOT to quit their jobs.  Chair Brenda Leong (whom already makes approximatley $500,000) was bonused up over $140,000.   Another 9 of their staff accepted these bonuses.   We don’t feel this is right when they already earn millions of dollars in salary….do you?

 Chair Benda Leong

We have started a PETITION at change.org and would like your support.  We want these weasels to donate their portion of the bonus to a charity of their choice.   With the holidays right around the corner, we think there are many wonderful organizations that would benefit from these funds.    There are many people living on the streets and these people could sure use some support.

Please take a moment and sign the petion HERE.  And please take a moment to leave a remark in their comment section.

We thank-you for your support!!

RW

 

TO 99% OF THE STAFF AT THE BC SECURITIES COMMISSION…

Newspapers indicate that 10 people at the British Columbia Securities Commission recieved a total of just over $620,000 in bonuses so they would not quit working there….

For those of you that didn’t – how does this make you feel?    Brenda Leong – who is already in the Top 3 paid BC government employees in the province received over $140,000 on top of her wage of nearly $500,000.    How does that make you feel?

How can you people sit there in your shitty little cubicles and know that your fellow comrades are getting this extra cash and you have nothing?

I suggest you walk down the hallway and challenge Brenda Leong, Nigel Cave, Doug Muir, etc. to donate this money to a charity – or even back to some initiative that would help you people in your own office.  Extra training? Or maybe some love for your hard work?   Divide that $620,000 up by roughly 200 of you and you would each get approximatley $3100 each – doesn’t that sound fantastic right around Christmas time?   Wouldn’t that be nice to take your family on a trip?   Its unclear whether this photo of Nigel Cave was taken after he received his stripend but doesn’t he look happy?…

The jury is out on Muir – rumour has it he looks like this all the time…

For those of you that dont have the guts to say something to them – you are part of the problem with the BCSC and why you truly have no job security.  You are all being taken for a ride!!   Go ask for your $3,100 or quit – that’s what they were alleged to have going to do!     Except you Olubode Fagbamiye – you just sit there anyway and probably really don’t deserve any of this free money!

Have a great day!

SCUMBAGS AT THE BC SECURITIES COMMISSION PAID BONUSES SO THEY WOULDN’T QUIT?

Just when you think the lowest of the staff at the British Columbia Securities Commission – they always seem to sink a little lower!   In a scathing article in the November 5, 2018 edition of the Vancouver Sun we now find that certain senior management at the BCSC have recieved bonuses for not quitting!!   And at the top of the list is none other than BCSC Chair Brenda Leong who has failed the people of BC over and over again!   She was paid over $139,000 (on top of her base salary of $434,748 and expenses of $50,000).  This equates to a 32% bonus – for not quitting!   Why would she quit?  She has been paid millions of dollars over her so-called career at the BCSC.

 Brenda Leong

This is the same person that has allowed hundreds of millions of dollars go uncollected by her incompetant staff and is already in the Top 3 highest paid government workers in the Province of BC.

The article goes on to state, “Vice-chair Nigel Cave received a bonus of $104,640 on a salary of $327,000. Other retention bonuses ranged from 22 to 28 per cent, including for director of corporate finance John Hinze, director of enforcement Doug Muir, director of capital markets and regulation Mark Wang, and chief economist Christina Wolf.”

 

 

 

 

Nigel Cave (Facebook Photo)

 

And to top it all off – when reached by the reporter that wrote the article, staff had nothing to say….

How is this even possible?    Look no further than the epitome of a Scumbag politian – FORMER Finance Minister Mike DeJong who we have  written about in the past!    That being said, Mr De Jong doesn’t remember if he was the one that approved it.    Geez Mikey Boy, maybe this is the reason you were voted out – you don’t remember spending over $600,000 on something like this?    What a joke!     The BC Government – the gift that just keeps giving to everyone but the good people in this Province!

  Mike DeJong

CHALLENGE:

And finally – a message directly to Brenda Leong!     I hereby challenge you to donate the bonus money you received to a charity of your choice!!  And hopefully others (like you Nigel Cave) will follow suit and do the same!  Or is this what it is all about to you – just the money???   Fucking scumbags! 

 

H. RODERICK ANDERSON – A .181 HITTER IN THE BIG LEAGUES?

When one encounters legal issues the normal process is to hire a lawyer to defend against allegations.   Many people look to the internet to search for a lawyer that specializes in aspect of law that matches the offence they have been charged with.     With respect to security issues and breaches of securities law here in British Columbia – there are a few so called ‘white collar expert lawyers’ at a variety of law firms scattered mainly throughout the Vancouver area.    Very easily, one can find these so called experts records in a hearing room by looking at at legal decisions and findings on the British Columbia Securities Commission website or online.

These lawyers reputations and/or accreditations are routinely displayed on websites like www.bestlawyers.com  where lawyers can literally be nominated as a “Best Lawyer” by their peers.     Their website states, “Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review. Our methodology is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.   Best Lawyers employs a sophisticated, conscientious, rational, and transparent survey process designed to elicit meaningful and substantive evaluations of the quality of legal services. Our belief has always been that the quality of a peer review survey is directly related to the quality of the voters.”  (-END-)

Their ‘Process’ of selecting these “cream of the crop” lawyers is clearly outlined on their website:

 SOURCE: www.bestlawyer.com

Lexpert – Business of Law appears to be another similar website that hands out accreditations to lawyers in all aspect of law.  Their search feature indicates, “The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory comprises the results of an extensive peer survey. This comprehensive guide to legal talent in Canada identifies both leading lawyers and law firms from across the country.” 

H. RODERICK (ROD) ANDERSON OF HARPER GREY LLP

Taking a look at one lawyer in particular, H. Roderick Anderson routinely gets nominated for awards from both Best Lawyers and Lexpert.  Most recently (in August 2018) he was recognized as a “Best Lawyer in Canada for 2019″ and in April 2018, Lexpert named him a “2018 Leading Practitioner”.     In fact, Lexpert has named H. Roderick Anderson a Leading Practitioner for at least as far back as 2013.  He won as well in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017.    Quite a distinction for a lawyer at any level and I am sure when potential clients go to his firms website and read the News and Knowledge tab, they would come away feeling very confident in his abilty to represent them in a matter before the BCSC.  But, lets take a look at Anderson’s track record over those last 5 or so years…

One can easy see Anderson appears to have loss after loss with files argued at the BCSC.    And of those losses, at least one of his clients is now in jail.   I thought a lawyers job was to win cases and defend their clients in these matters?

Back to websites like bestlawyer.com and Lexpert – we need to question what their criteria truly is.   You have a lawyer like Anderson that has won awards (and recommendations) and has only won 18.1% of his cases against the BCSC over the last 5 years.  This is equivalent to a baseball player hitting .181 and making the major leagues and then being elected to the all-star game.   It would be considered a joke at any level – but not with his peers who have nominated him or the people at Best Lawyer or Lexpert that have supposedly vetted his nominations.  How can a lawyer that has only won 2 cases in the last 5 years at the BCSC be considered a Leading Practitioner?

QUESTION:   Do agencies like Best Lawyer and Lexpert not have the audacity to truly vet the records of the lawyers that win their awards and recommedations?

Something to think about….that is for sure!