Canadian CANNAINVESTOR Magazine May / June 2018 | Page 70

70

Weedman character was created and is the sole property of and owned by Chloë Kyron. All rights reserved. The image including any likeness cannot be used in any manner without the expressed written consent by Chloë Kyron.

Any company referenced is purely for discussion purposes and not intended as a recommendation.

Louis Kyron, CPA, CGA

So to be clear, a 27 page piece that the reader must painfully work through to find out that the piece is actually only an opinion crafted by someone with a stated self-interest in the share price falling (short selling). Does such important information not belong at the front under the executive summary or introduction? Ironically, because the motives of this “Grumpy Bear” are plain and obvious I quickly pondered how long before it targeted Namaste Technologies Inc. The wait was not long at all and the Grumpy Bear did not disappoint as evidenced by this May 4th opinion piece. An equal but opposite piece soon surfaced reducing investing in Namaste to the ice bucket challenge where “investors” pledged to buy shares of Namaste ‘soon’ – is this supposed to be the equivalent of a naval ship launching counter-measures?

What is important to note that exposing the motives of such entities does not necessarily discount their projected short-term outlook. If there is one thing I have come to accept since November 2016 is that “alternate facts” and works of fiction often seem more real than the truth or perhaps that the truth at times seems so unbelievable that any alternative must be true. It appears that all one need do is convince a subset of the masses to achieve one’s objective.

To its credit, Isodiol International Inc was quick to respond and that response can be found by clicking here. The important content is repeated here for you:

While Isodiol has a general policy of not responding to anonymous media and online postings, this particular article is the first of its kind, has had wide dissemination, and has a misleading air of credibility due to the website where it was posted.