From: John Carten [cartenjohn@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 11:50 AM
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: File No 57-45-02 Submission on Professional Conduct for Attorneys 

December 17, 2002

Securities Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 

Attention Jonathan G. Katz, Secretary 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Re: Professional Conduct for Attornies - A Dissenting Canadian 

I am prompted to write you as a result of reading an article in the 
December 17, 2002, issue of the Globe and Mail, published in Canada, 
and having observed remarks attributed to Mr. Simon Potter speaking 
on behalf of the Canadian Bar Association in relation to the 
implementation of Professional Conduct Standards for Attornies by 
the SEC. 

According to the Globe and Mail, "Mr.Potter said, the SEC "may rest 
assured" that Canadian lawyers are already subject to strict ethical 
rules".

With respect, I suggest that while Mr. Potter may be correct "in theory"
he is incorrect "in practice".

As a result on my personal involvement acting for the victims of a stock 
market swindle carried out with the assistance of Canadian lawyers, I 
can assure the Securities Exchange Commission that Canadian lawyers do 
engage in fraudulent activities.  Unfortunately,  professional policing 
bodies in Canada and the local police, who have the responsibility of 
enforcing the Criminal Code, turn a blind to much of this professional 
fraud. 

The City of Vancouver, where I presently live, has developed an 
international reputation for stock market fraud, money laundering and 
other forms of cross border crime due to friendly treatment of 
individuals engaged in such activities by our courts and our legal 
profession.

As an example, I am pleased to attach a copy of a Police Report that 
I prepared and filed with the local police forces requesting and 
investigation and prosewcution of a case of fraud, perjury and obstruciton 
of justice by a government employed lawyer who resorted to the use of 
fraud to cover up criminal wrong doing by members of the legal profession. 

For several months, I had attempted to persuade the Law Society of British 
Columbia to investigate the actions of the lawyer who carried out these 
crimes but the investigator assigned to the case refused to interview 
any of the several witnesses I had identified for him and who would likely 
have provided evidence against the lawyer in question.

The complaint was mailed to the RCMP and the Victoria City Police on 
December 12, 2002, after the Law Society of British Columbia advised me 
they were intending to close the investigation without interviewing any 
of the witnesses.

Accordingly, I urge the Securities Exchange Commission to implement rule 
changes which would apply to Canadian lawyers who are largely unpoliced.. 
  
Yours very truly, 

JOHN FREDERICK CARTEN, B.A., L.L.B.
P.O. Box 26539 
Blundell Centre 
Richmond, B.C. 
V7C 5M9 

Tel 604 415 7654
E-Mail cartenjohn@hotmail.com








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