OxyContin Replacement

Information from Claimsecure and The Fifth Estate

Employee Benefits

Much is being talked about of late on the topic of OxyContin. The article below, does not, in any way, reflect DiBrina Sure Groups opinions.  It is rather information we’ve gathered that may be useful to you as a group benefit client.

Effective March 1, 2012, OxyContin® will be removed from the Canadian market and replaced with OxyNEO®.

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PART 1 - Estate Planning Permanent Tax Deferral with Testamentary Trusts

Nick Georgakopoulos

Insurance & Estate Planning

A trust is a relationship among;

1) a settlor (or testator in the case of a trust contained in a Will) who sets up the trust;

2) one or more trustees who hold legal title to assets; and

3) one or more beneficiaries who are entitled to the benefit of assets. Unlike a corporation, a trust itself is not a legal entity. However, the Income Tax Act of Canada (the Act) treats a trust like an individual for income tax purposes.

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Family Caregiver Leave - Bill 30

Nicole Vaillancourt

Human Resources

The McGuinty Government introduced the Family Caregiver Leave - Bill 30 to Ontario parliament in December 2011. If passed, Family Caregiver Leave would entitle employees to take up to eight weeks of unpaid job protected leave to provide care and support to a sick or injured family member. The leave would be in addition to the up to eight weeks allowable for Family Medical Leave and the ten days of Personal Emergency Leave.

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OAS change pushes savings burden back to Canadians

Globe and Mail Blog - Kevin Milligan

Wealth Management

Posted on Friday, March 30, 2012 8:53AM EDT

Kevin Milligan is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of British Columbia

The federal budget carried through on the Prime Minister’s musings months-ago in Davos by proposing important changes to the Old Age Security program. What do these changes to OAS mean, are they really necessary, and who will bear the burden?

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