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Personhood and RBG

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This Blog was written by: Alicia Godin, Estate and Trust Consultant, Scotia Wealth Management If you are frequent visitor to All About Estates, you can likely appreciate the importance of a well-prepared estate plan. The cornerstone of the estate plan is the Last Will and Testament. Many contributors to this blog discuss the importance of a Will, and considerations before, during and after its preparation. There are very specific requirements….

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CPP: TO DEFER OR NOT DEFER

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For several years now, clients and contacts (with more frequency of late, and that’s no accident) have been asking me: “Hey Steve, I am turning 65 shortly, do I apply for CPP now or do I wait – what makes more sense financially” Based on analysis provided by experts in the financial planning sector (and more recently, published articles on the subject) my answer usually takes the form of “it….

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Cats, the T.S. Eliot Estate and the Gift that May Save the Brontes’ House

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Earlier this year, my colleague Justin de Vries blogged about the post-mortem release of dueling love letters from T.S. Eliot and his friend/inamorata Emily Hale. However, there is now a happier news story regarding the impact of Mr. Eliot from beyond the grave. The Bronte Parsonage, in England, is a museum of the family home of the Bronte sisters that usually attracts 70,000 visitors per year. Due to the restrictions….

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Charitable Giving, Estate Administration, Estate Donations, In the News

Third Party Appeals of Healthcare Decisions

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As reported in the media[i] [ii] [iii], Nova Scotia’s appeals court recently heard a case involving a woman who is trying to stop her husband from receiving medical assistance in dying (MAiD). The woman is appealing a lower court decision that rejected her request for an interlocutory injunction against her husband until the full case can be heard on its merits. The man’s request for MAiD was clinically approved and….

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Friday August 21, 2020 was World Senior Citizen’s Day. So What?

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World Senior Citizen’s Day was originally founded by former president Ronald Regan in 1988. The goal of this day is to remind  various governments of its “ commitment to support senior citizens of the country”.  Well, I don’t think we have done very well… Dr. Samir Sinha wrote an article for Toronto Life, titled “ The post-pandemic future: We will stop warehousing older people in care homes”  and highlighted  a….

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SOME TAX TIPS IN THE COVID ERA

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Our epidemiologists and public heath officers are warning us gently that the dreaded virus will be with us for awhile. Nevertheless, we are all hoping that our economy will recover soon (and to some extent our financial markets have), but it appears asset values in general may be depressed for some time to come. In this context, there may some some opportunities to free up some cash flow and/or reduce….

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