With those 1.7 milion additional shorts, count on seeing a sell off.
When they manipulate their sell off, if they follow their normal form, it will be quick and deep as they try to trigger stop losses with an equally quick recovery. (after all, the manipulators don't want anyone else to get cheap shares).
If you want to buy cheap shares, put a limit order in well below the current price before trading commences each day. The last time they did their routine, I bought 40 cents below the previous close and it recovered all but a few cents by the end of the day. Gut wrenching but, if you have the nerves, this is when you find real bargains. You have to have your buy order already in because once it starts, in an hour it is all done. Both down and back up!
Such is their normal pattern! Manipulation? On the TSX? Not possible! Is it?
Brian