March 21, 2022
1) Any short sales by a company, organization, or party other than a single individual acting on their own behalf should be required to be publicly noticed for a minimum of 24 hours prior to the permitted sale of said stock to provide holders of said stock the opportunity to know that the sale of shorted stocks are eminent as the practice often results in artificial lowering of a stocks value.
2) NO individual or party acting on behalf of a government employee should be permitted to partake in the practice of Short Selling to reduce any potential conflicts of interest whether intentional or not.
3) NO publicly traded company with 5% or more of their current stocks being shorted should be authorized to make more stocks available until the 5% threshold is realized and maintained for 30 days. See PRE 14(a) LordsTown Motor Corps (RIDE) For May 19, 2022 where the company is proposing to make available Tens of Millions of new shares while at the time of the filing the stock was nearly 25% shorted. In making additional stocks available it will dilute the value of the company's stock resulting in an unregulated advantage in favor of the short positions. While I am only providing one example here, there are a number of other situations where this has occurred, including Array Technology Inc (ARRY), and Sundial Growers INC (SNDL) which has been below the continued listing standards as a result of this practice.