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“Boomers are to blame for Britain’s inequality and economic woes.” I’m outraged someone articulated such a stupidity!”**

Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 16, #8 – Sept. 30, 2025  OPENING I need to share. I read something the other day. Apparently, a certain Phillip Inman wrote a published piece, blaming boomers “for Britain’s inequality and economic woes.”  Excuse me! What did you say? That’s stupidly […]

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Exploitation of an Elderly Person (Chapter 2)– The 1-2-3 of Bringing Abusers to Justice!**

Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 16, #7 – July 31, 2025 OPENING Elder Financial Abuse – take two! A few months ago, I wrote an article on the subject of elder abuse. It was a case comment. I examined a judgment rendered on topic. I explained the […]

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GETTING AFFAIRS IN ORDER: Gold’s 2025 ‘TOP -10’ To-Do List For Seniors (Part 2)**

Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 16, #6 – June 30, 2025 GETTING AFFAIRS IN ORDER: Gold’s 2025 ‘TOP -10’ To-Do List For Seniors (Part 2)** OPENING I’m sorry to say that we’re not getting any younger. Indeed, we’re much closer to the end than the beginning. Of […]

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GETTING AFFAIRS IN ORDER: Gold’s 2025 ‘TOP -10’ To-Do List For Seniors**

Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 16, #5 – May 31, 2025 GETTING AFFAIRS IN ORDER: Gold’s 2025 ‘TOP -10’ To-Do List For Seniors (Part 1)** OPENING I’m sorry to say that we’re not getting any younger. Indeed, we’re much closer to the end than the beginning. Of […]

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“OHCHR Report Sounds Death Knell for Track #2, Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) Or Does It?” “”

Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* OHCHR Report Sounds Death Knell for Track #2, Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) Or Does It?** By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 16, #4 – April 30, 2025 OPENING For those who follow my blogs, you know I don’t care for Canada’s law regarding Medical Assistance in […]

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Exploitation of an Elderly Person – The 1-2-3 of Bringing Abusers to Justice!**

Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* Exploitation of an Elderly Person – The 1-2-3 of Bringing Abusers to Justice!** By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 16, #3 – March 31, 2025 OPENING It is said, “Beware the Ides of March!” That’s a date, famously associated with the assassination of Julius Caesar, making it a […]

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The Curious Tax Case of Marlene Enns – or How a widow is a spouse: CRA**

Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 16, #2 – Feb. 28, 2025 RRSP & TAXE$$$$ØØØØ! OPENING In general terms, this case is about responsibility for the debt of a third party. More precisely, this is where a man died leaving unpaid taxes. And Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) went […]

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CANADA/QUEBEC IMBROGLIO: Capital Gains Inclusion Rate Increase **

Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 16, #1 – January 31, 2025 ↑↓↑↓↑↓↑??↑↓↑↓↑↓↑??↑↓↑↓↑↓↑?? BREAKING NEWS OTTAWA, Canada, Jan. 30 (CBC ) – “The federal government confirmed on Friday that it’s reversing course on increases to the capital gains tax first announced in the last federal budget. The government […]

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SENIOR CANADIANS/QUEBECERS – NEW YEAR’S LEGAL ALERT: 2024 ADVANCE$ √, 2025 TAXE$, PENS↑ON$, +RULES √**

Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 15, #6 –December 31, 2024 OPENING The digit “5” has been placed atop One Times Square. You know what that means – New Year’s is fast approaching. I’m looking back at 2024. In Canada, there have been changes and additions to laws […]

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By passing bill legalizing assisted dying, UK Parliament is throwing baby out with bathwater **

Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 15, #5 –November 30, 2024 OPENING Dateline London Nov. 29, 2024: In a piece titled, “MPs back proposals to legalise assisted dying,” Becky Morton wrote: “In the first Commons vote on the issue in nearly a decade, MPs supported a bill which […]

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