Highlights from the 2017 British Columbia Budget

Wealth Planning | Sep 11, 2017

Finance Minister Carole James tabled the first budget of the new British Columbia provincial government on September 11, 2017. This updates the outgoing government’s provincial budget from February 21, 2017,…

CCPC’s – Stay Tuned…

Wealth Planning | Jul 19, 2017

On Tuesday, Finance finally released the highly anticipated “Tax Planning Using Private Corporations” discussion paper. The proposed tax measures announced are complex and were far more broad reaching than anticipated….

Debt, Debt, Debt: A Canadian Epidemic (Really?)

Webcasts | Jun 7, 2017

Figures from Statistics Canada revealed that Canadians owed over $2 trillion at the end of 2016, a record high.  Of course, this has been widely reported in the news –…

Investing based on reality, not hope

Markets | Dec 1, 2016

Hope is like that colourful paper umbrella we occasionally find in our cocktails. It elicits a warm and sunny feeling but it does not change the ingredients of the drink….