November 6, 2019
Inclusive Investing and Financial Literacy
This post can also be found on Inclusion BC’s website. Inclusive Investing November is Financial Literacy Month and October is Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) Month. Many of the financial institutions, investment regulators, community and other organizations committed to supporting financial literacy are publishing resources, tools, information, and workshops to help people learn Read more…
October 28, 2019
Difficulties Seniors Face with Financial Services
This post is part of a series highlighting key themes and presenters from the 2019 Elder Law Conference. To see the other posts in the series, click here Earlier this year OBSI released its first ever Seniors Report, documenting the experiences of seniors using its services. The national, not-for-profit organization collected demographic and case Read more…
October 21, 2019
Federal Election 2019: Identifying the Seniors’ Policy Issues
Co-written with Lorraine Wong This year, Canada’s political parties have announced many policies on their platforms that are particularly relevant to seniors. Some issues, such as pensions, are more clearly seniors’ policy topics; other policies that do not directly target seniors could still have a significant impact on older Read more…
October 15, 2019
Ontario Law on Undue Influence in Estate Planning
Estate and Trust Consultant, Scotiatrust This post is part of a series highlighting key themes and presenters from the 2019 Elder Law Conference. To see the other posts in the series, click here Historically the area of estates was not particularly litigious, but as families and financial circumstances become more complex, litigation involving Read more…
October 7, 2019
Upcoming Reforms to Assisted Living Regulation in BC
Introduction to the new Assisted Living Regulations On August 21st the BC government announced it will bring into effect changes to the Community Care and Assisted Living Act [CCALA] and a new Assisted Living Regulation into force. These changes are set to take effect on December 1st, 2019. Bill 16 Read more…