Actually...I'm for anything that will get the attention of the stock market regulators.....shorting should be banned, period. Anyone who doesn't own shares and defames the stock on a consistent basis should be investigated and banned from trading for life...period. This is costing, not only shareholders but companies that hire and pay taxes...and retirees will be going to government for clawbacks to substitute their incomes because of the practices allowed to drain not only their bank accounts, but their RRSP's that are invested. Think maybe that's coming down the line....who can compete with algorithm ...trading machines? Not a fair playground..IMO