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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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What Canada Can Make of US Charge of Elderly Exploitation brought as Felony **

  ▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐ Charged with Elder Abuse! an eye-opening case ▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐1   What Canada Can Make of US Charge of Elderly Exploitation brought as Felony ** Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 15, #4 –Sept. 30, 2024 Opening A woman has been indicted in the US for exploiting an […]

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Regardless of Parental Concerns, Twenty-something Can Receive Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)! – So Said Court**

1 Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 15, #3 –March 31, 2024 Opening With Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), our past mistake has come back to haunt us. Going down this road, we’ve committed a social blunder. We’ve slid down the slippery slope. A case in point is […]

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ALERT: Retired Or Retiring Soon? Don’t Make These Errors!!!**

1 Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 15, #2 –February 29, 2024 OPENING Retired or Retiring Soon? I’m a lawyer Montreal, elder law attorney, passionate about the well-being of seniors. If a business owner or an executive, I’m speaking to you. If a working man or woman, I’m […]

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Medical Assistance in Dying (MaiD): Call a doctor – Ottawa has a bad case of Indecisiveness! (a reaction to the Jan. 30, 2024 decision by Health Minister)**

  1 Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* – Bulletin By Allan Gold lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 15, #1 – January 31, 2024 Medical Assistance in Dying (MaiD): Call a doctor – Ottawa has a bad case of Indecisiveness! (a reaction to the Jan. 30, 2024 decision by Health Minister)** Dateline Ottawa, Jan. 30, 2024: […]

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Canadian Senior Sun & Surf Headaches: US Condo Ownership & Other Snowbird Minefields**

  1 Canadian Senior Sun & Surf Headaches: US Condo Ownership & Other Snowbird Minefields** Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 14, #11 – December 31, 2023 OPENING In Canada and northern US, lower temperatures are common wintertime. Specifically, they dip to their annual minimums in December, January […]

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There’s Another Kind of Elder Financial Abuse – It’s Ten-abuse! (“Loc-abus!”) That’s a Landlord 65+ Suffering From Fraudulent Renter or ‘Professional Tenant’ Not Paying Rent **

1,2 There’s Another Kind of Elder Financial Abuse – It’s Ten-abuse! (“Loc-abus”) That’s a Landlord 65+ Suffering From Fraudulent Renter or ‘Professional Tenant’ Not Paying Rent** Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 14, #10 – November 30, 2023 OPENING Elder financial abuse happens. Using force or threats is […]

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The Elderly, House and Home: A Moving Experience!**

The Elderly, House and Home: A Moving Experience!**   1 Gold’s Legal Minute*GLM* By Allan Gold, lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 14, #9 – October 31, 2023 OPENING A house is where you live. It’s important. It’s the center of your world. It’s even more important when you’re older and you stay closer […]

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Senior: Going From a Worker to Unworkable – What Then?*

Gold’s Legal Minute**GLM** By Allan Gold lawyer Montreal and elder law attorney Vol. 14, #8 – Sept. 30, 2023 OPENING Work is generally good for physical and mental health and well-being. In contrast, worklessness is associated with poorer physical and mental health and well-being. Since a job takes up a majority of your time, it […]

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