Malcolm Burrows

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Malcolm is a philanthropic advisor with over 30 years of experience. He is head, philanthropic advisory services at Scotia Wealth Management and founder of Aqueduct Foundation. Views are his own. malcolm.burrows@scotiawealth.com

The Art Collector and the Tax Deal

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[caption id="attachment_12949" align="aligncenter" width="300"] [/caption] A 1953 caricature of Douglas M. Duncan by Alan Reeve. Note the envelopes in his pocket at the lower right.   Douglas Duncan was a pioneering Canadian art dealer and ambitiously hapless businessman.   Known as the dealer and artistic executor of artist David B. Milne, he was legendary for his unopened mail, uncashed cheques and, yes, of course, failure to write a will.  Prior to….

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Estate Administration, Estate Donations, Philanthropy/Charitable Giving

How to Donate Art

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[caption id="attachment_11663" align="aligncenter" width="640"] The Leaf by Germaine Richier. Gift of Nora E. Vaughan, 1981, to the Art Gallery of Ontario[/caption]   I get a lot of inquiries from clients with art or collectibles that they want to donate – sometimes during life and sometimes as part of an estate plan.  These long-term collectors often believe a public gallery, museum or educational institution is the best “one stop” destination for….

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Estate Planning, Philanthropy/Charitable Giving

The National Gallery of Canada’s Purpose

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[caption id="attachment_5336" align="alignleft" width="300"] New Indigenous and Canadian Galleries at the National Gallery of Canada, Courtesy of The Globe and Mail[/caption] At the recent opening of the new Indigenous and Canadian Art Galleries at the National Gallery of Canada (NGC), Director Marc Mayer made a fascinating throwaway comment. Due to the inclusion of historical objects and artifacts made by Canadian indigenous people NGC had to redraft its legal purposes.  In….

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Estate Donations, Philanthropy/Charitable Giving, Uncategorized

Exporting Canadian Art

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  [caption id="attachment_5287" align="aligncenter" width="527"] Lawren Harris, 1926. Sold in November 2016 for $11.2 million.[/caption] Like most countries, Canada has a cultural property regime designed to protect art and objects of cultural significance.  Inspired by UNESCO Convention (1970), cultural property must get clearance from the Canadian Cultural Property Export and Review Board (CCPERB) before it leaves the country.  Outdated elements of this important system are creating challenges for Canadian art….

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Estate Administration, Uncategorized

Returning a gift after 36 years

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What’s a charity to do when a donor asks for a gift to be returned?  As my fellow blogger Derek de Gannes recently reported, CRA provided a technical interpretation in response to a charity inquiry relating to life insurance policy donated in 1981. The gift was intended for a discontinued program and now the donor wants his policy back. Returning the donation may be “regarded as making a gift to a….

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A Statue in the Wrong Square

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Regular readers of the All About Estates blog may recall that each spring I write on legacy and how we honour the dead.  This usually involves a trip to a cemetery.  My cemetery visit this year was thwarted by a seagull attack – see my Hitchcockian video – so instead I will turn my attention to a historical bequest and recognition debacle. Bartolomeo Colleoni (1400-1475) was Lombardy-born general who served….

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Estate Donations, Estate Litigation, Philanthropy/Charitable Giving
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