JCT: Well, at least the Expositor is letting people know there's
going to be a hot time in the Dragons' Den on Wednesday night.

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Posted By VINCENT BALL
Friday Jan 8 2010

Did the self-proclaimed King of the Paupers slay the dragons?

Area residents and anyone else interested will be able to find
out Wednesday at 8 p.m.

That's when a segment featuring John "The Engineer" Turmel will
be featured on the Dragons' Den, a CBC show that gives would-be
entrepreneurs a chance to pitch ideas or products to a group of
investors or Dragons.

"I torched the king of the Dragons," Turmel said this week when
contacted about his appearance on the show.

Jct: Actually, I meant the King of the Dragons torched the
Dragons' Den.

"They didn't know who they were dealing with. I had to put the
boots to the junior dragon engineer's brain when he challenged my
engineering. I told him to put his money where is mouth is."

A confidentiality agreement prevents Turmel from revealing the
results of his pitch. However, he could say the encounter was
heated.

In his pitch, Turmel tried to convince the dragons - Arlene
Dickinson, Robert Herjavec, Jim Treliving, Kevin O'Leary and W.
Brett Wilson - of the merits of community currency time bank
systems.

Turmel's pitch was taped last year and will be featured in the
second episode of the show's fifth season, which began this week.

Participants appearing on the Dragons' Den try to convince the
dragons to invest some money in their product or new business
venture.

A professional gambler, former casino owner-operator, accordion
player and poet, Turmel has ran and lost in municipal,
provincial, and federal elections locally and across Canada.

He made headlines locally a few years back when he was ejected
from a televised all-candidates debate.

Turmel was ejected and then removed from the debate by city
police. In response, Turmel filed a complaint with the Canadian
Radio and Telecommunications Commission.

When the CRTC rejected his complaint, he took the matter to the
Federal Court of Appeal. And when the federal court rejected his
complaint, he sought leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of
Canada.