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August 1, 2017
I didn’t think much of it when news came out in June that Sears Canada had sought bankruptcy protection. Companies take wrong turns all the time […]
July 24, 2017
Earlier this month, an op-ed article by Rob Brown in the Globe and Mail referenced a recent study by Bob Baldwin and Richard Shillington, which takes issue […]
June 30, 2017
In our client memo dated May 23, 2017, we discussed the Ontario Government’s announcement of the changes to the funding framework for Defined Benefit Pension Plans. […]
June 26, 2017
School is almost out for the year and our kids are looking forward to a break. If I was a teacher I would be looking forward […]
June 6, 2017
I have said in the past that I am not interested in politics, don’t understand politics, and don’t align myself with a political party or movement. […]
May 29, 2017
Recently overshadowed by the big announcement on the new funding framework for defined benefit pension plans, earlier this month the Ontario government issued a pair of […]
May 12, 2017
I hope readers all remember the childhood game of musical chairs. Kids walk in a circle around a set of chairs while music plays – when […]
May 2, 2017
Driving home from Toronto a few weeks I caught a program on CBC about the elimination of letter grades on report cards in Maple Ridge, BC. […]
April 26, 2017
In March, the Ontario government quietly released the Final Report of the Expert Committee to Consider Financial Advisory and Financial Planning Policy Alternatives, which the Liberals […]
April 19, 2017
I have long argued that mortality rates in Canada, and around the first-world more generally, may not be destined to improve indefinitely. This skepticism is rooted […]
March 28, 2017
I have been fascinated by the dispute between the Ontario Government and the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario that has transpired regarding the treatment […]
February 28, 2017
On January 1, 2017, the Ontario government has changed the definition of spouse under the Pension Benefits Act which will affect the way death […]