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Anniversary: Ontario and Ottawa seized companies owned by Leonard Rosenberg, left, Bill Player, centre, and Andrew Markle a year ago following controversial apartment deal
Anniversary: Ontario and Ottawa seized companies owned by Leonard Rosenberg, left, Bill Player, centre, and Andrew Markle a year ago following controversial apartment deal

Anniversary: Ontario and Ottawa seized companies owned by Leonard Rosenberg, left, Bill Player, centre, and Andrew Markle a year ago following controversial apartment deal

Date4/26/1983
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Original Toronto Star caption: Anniversary: Ontario and Ottawa seized companies owned by Leonard Rosenberg, left, Bill Player, centre, and Andrew Markle a year ago following controversial apartment deal.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0077415F
Financiers: From left, Bill Player, Leonard Rosenberg and Andrew Markle were principals in trust firms, seized in 1983, that still hold shares in troubled Canadian Commercial Bank
Financiers: From left, Bill Player, Leonard Rosenberg and Andrew Markle were principals in trust firms, seized in 1983, that still hold shares in troubled Canadian Commercial Bank
4/26/1983
Charged with fraud: Andrew Markle, left, Bill Player, centre, and Leonard Rosenberg are among seven men charged with 82 counts of fraud in connection with Seaway and Greymac trust
Charged with fraud: Andrew Markle, left, Bill Player, centre, and Leonard Rosenberg are among seven men charged with 82 counts of fraud in connection with Seaway and Greymac trust
8/16/1983
The principals: From left, Leonard Rosenberg, major owner of Greymac Credit, Bill Player, of Kilderkin, Andew Markle, former owner of Seaway Trust and Seaway Mortgage and Adeeb Hassan Qutub, Saudi Arabian said to have represented the Saudi investors
The principals: From left, Leonard Rosenberg, major owner of Greymac Credit, Bill Player, of Kilderkin, Andew Markle, former owner of Seaway Trust and Seaway Mortgage and Adeeb Hassan Qutub, Saudi Arabian said to have represented the Saudi investors
11/10/1982
In the president's seat: As chief of Canada's eighth-largest publicly owned energy company, Ed Battle has a lot on his mind these days. He's a Canadian citizen and he's listened to by the Ottawa mandarins who put together this country's controversial national energy policy. Norcen has 27,000 shareholders and $1.2 billion in assets.
In the president's seat: As chief of Canada's eighth-largest publicly owned energy company, Ed Battle has a lot on his mind these days. He's a Canadian citizen and he's listened to by the Ottawa mandarins who put together this country's controversial national energy policy. Norcen has 27,000 shareholders and $1.2 billion in assets.
4/23/1981
Robert Elgie: Says the trust companies that arranged financing for the $500-million apartment deal endangered their own financial health
Robert Elgie: Says the trust companies that arranged financing for the $500-million apartment deal endangered their own financial health
1/17/1983
Foreign ownership of investment firms is a problem for domestically-owned companies if it allows financial advantages, James Cronyn said today. Toronto bond man appeared at hearing of Ontario government committee pondering ownership of investment companies. Main issue: What controls on ownerships?
Foreign ownership of investment firms is a problem for domestically-owned companies if it allows financial advantages, James Cronyn said today. Toronto bond man appeared at hearing of Ontario government committee pondering ownership of investment companies. Main issue: What controls on ownerships?
11/9/1971
Leonard Rosenberg: Government wrong to seize apartments, he says
Leonard Rosenberg: Government wrong to seize apartments, he says
11/6/1986
Player in Toronto, Missing link in Metro's biggest apartment deal, Elmvale entrepreneur Bill Player appeared before a provincial inquiry today but refused to answer any questions from reporters
Player in Toronto, Missing link in Metro's biggest apartment deal, Elmvale entrepreneur Bill Player appeared before a provincial inquiry today but refused to answer any questions from reporters
1/28/1983
In the inquest into a March rooming house fir ein which five persons were killed, testimony was heard from (left to right) Philip Roth, president of one of five companies that owned the houses, Joseph Kosoy, who got the rent from them, and Gerry Goldenberg, who did the leasing and never was in either house
In the inquest into a March rooming house fir ein which five persons were killed, testimony was heard from (left to right) Philip Roth, president of one of five companies that owned the houses, Joseph Kosoy, who got the rent from them, and Gerry Goldenberg, who did the leasing and never was in either house
6/4/1974
Premiers meet, Meeting at Newfoundland's request to discuss Ottawa's controversial cod deal with France are, from left, Newfoundland Premier Brian Pec(...)
Premiers meet, Meeting at Newfoundland's request to discuss Ottawa's controversial cod deal with France are, from left, Newfoundland Premier Brian Pec(...)
2/10/1987
Fateful day: Police entered Crown Trust offices last January when the province seized it and two other trust companies
Fateful day: Police entered Crown Trust offices last January when the province seized it and two other trust companies
1/10/1983
Ministers Irate: PQ ministers Jacques Parizeau, left, Rodrigue Biron, centre, and Bernard Landry, have denounced Ottawa's refusal to contribute towards a program to aid failing Quebec companies
Ministers Irate: PQ ministers Jacques Parizeau, left, Rodrigue Biron, centre, and Bernard Landry, have denounced Ottawa's refusal to contribute towards a program to aid failing Quebec companies
12/3/1979