All About Estates

Month: November 2019

Total 22 Posts

You Are No Longer Welcome To Visit Your Mom or Dad

There was a recent CBC news article dated Nov 23 2019  that reported the Trespass to Property Act was being used to keep family members from speaking out about poor conditions in retirement and long term care facilities. The article shared the story of a daughter who was banned from…

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Charitable Gifts from Alter Ego Trusts

In Canada we do not have an estate tax. Rather, when an individual dies the individual is deemed to have disposed of his or her capital property immediately before death at fair market value. The deemed disposition triggers the realization of any accrued but unrealized capital gains. As a result,…

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