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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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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object 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
    Rosenberg, Leonard
    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
    Mahler, John
    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
    Darrell, Dick
    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.
    Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
    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
    Elgie, Robert, 1929-2013
    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?
    Spremo, Boris
    11/9/1971
    Leonard Rosenberg: Government wrong to seize apartments, he says
    Leonard Rosenberg: Government wrong to seize apartments, he says
    Goode, Jeff
    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
    Player, Bill
    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
    Barkley, Harold
    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(...)
    Cooper, David
    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
    Brazao, Dale
    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
    Beaty, Keith
    12/3/1979