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April 12, 2023

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Canada’s new foreign homebuyer ban: An estate planner’s view

Stephen Hsia

Clients, their advisors, and estate planners need to be careful about Canada’s new foreign homebuyer ban. The Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act, S.C. 2022, c. 10, s. 235 (the “Act”) came into force on January...

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Gratuitous transfers into joint tenancy and the gift of the right of survivorship: Part 2

Lauren Hamilton, Gail P. Black

In the first part of this two-part series, we discussed the ownership interests that can arise when property is gratuitously transferred into joint tenancy. We focused specifically on the gift of the right of survivorship. In this second part, we...

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