So...hiding in plain sight, huh? Thanks for that point of reference, djo.

Is this the way it went down then? Lassonde gets a tax break on the flow-through shares, and gets another tax-break when he donates a portion to charity. If he sustains a capital loss to boot on that charitable donation, guess what, another tax-break, I guess?

We all know that if any party were to willfully take steps to manipulate the SP down, that would be illegal. We also know the market doesn't respond favorably to insiders and/or backers selling big positions. What perfect cover story! Make some dough on tax breaks while posing as a philanthropist, knowing darn well the charity of your choice will be selling those shares and converting it to much-needed cash, all the while an interested party is waiting in the wings to snap up those same shares at bargain-basement prices.

Or am I just jaded? LOL