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The Smart Ageing Resolution: Have the Garden Conversation

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Happy New Year! The holidays provided an opportunity to catch up on various articles on a wide range of topics, including smart ageing. One of the most informative was a new report from the CSA Public Policy Centre on demographic changes in Canada’s aging population and policy implications for 2024.[1] The report takes a holistic view of complex interwoven factors, such as social, economic, and healthcare resources, which must be….

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Elder Management, Estate Planning, Smart Ageing

Because Lawyers Die Too: The Need for Mandatory Contingency Planning

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Death will affect every one of us, ultimately. Incapacity may impact us. The inevitability of death and the possibility of incapacity makes planning essential. Failure to plan is planning to fail. This inevitability is behind recent Law Society of Ontario (“LSO”) By-law amendments that require lawyers in private practice to develop and maintain a client contingency plan for preserving, carrying on or winding up their professional businesses. The requirement comes….

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Estate Planning, Executors, Interest

Disinheritance of Separated Spouses Takes Full Effect

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Today’s blog post was written by Latoya Brown, Associate at Fasken LLP. As the year draws to a close, it’s a natural time for reflection and planning. Many will be reviewing the past year, evaluating their goals and making new ones for the new year. In the realm of estates, it’s an ideal time to review your estate plan to ensure it is up to date as well as note….

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Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Family Conflict, Separation, Wills

All I Want for Christmas is Legal Ownership of My Yorkshire Terrier

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Pictured: My beloved dog, Yuki, in her Christmas tree outfit. When thinking about what to write for this week’s blog post, I realized that I have the last Fasken slot before Christmas. This got me thinking: what can I write that’s relevant to the holidays? It then dawned on me that this is the first Christmas that I’ll be spending with my new dog, Yuki. Coincidentally, there have been a….

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Appeals, Costs, Courts, Estate Administration, Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, Family Conflict, Guardianship, In the News, Joint Tenancy, Separation, Spouse, Succession Planning

Giving Thanks

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This article is written by Nicole Ewing, Principal, Wealth Planning Office, TD Wealth Friends, I’ve got to call it straight, this has been a tough year. Mentally taxing, if you will. Perhaps they all are in their own way, but this one was particularly hard. Life was great, don’t get me wrong. But this tax and estate and wealth planning stuff was a battle. Navigating bare trusts, joint accounts, vacant….

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Estate Planning, Power of Attorney, Practice Management, Tax Issues

Our Holiday Wish – Proactively Plan for Smart Ageing

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As the holiday season is upon us, do you have your shopping done, or are you the person who procrastinates to the very last shopping day? It’s human nature to put off to tomorrow what could be done today. This holiday season, I have one wish for you. When it comes to elderly parents, friends, or clients, don’t procrastinate! Life happens, and things like recurring snowstorms, as we saw in….

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Elder Management, Estate Planning, Smart Ageing
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