Assisted Living for Our Parents: A Son’s Journey

[Excerpt] I wrote this book to help aging parents and their adult children understand the problems and risks in choosing an ALF, with the hope that they might avoid some of the experiences my mother and I had. My story echoes many other people\u27s stories. But of course I don\u27t pretend that what I will describe happens to everyone entering an ALF

Banking in Canada

The means by which banking is regulated in Canada is quite distinct from the methods which are employed in the United States. Moreover, the jurisdictional boundary between provincial regulation of securities and federal regulation of banking has created a regulatory penumbral zone. Additionally, the fact that the present regulation is largely the product of consultation between the banking industry and the government raises the question of the effectiveness of a regulatory scheme which is essentially consensual. The banking industry in Canada, as \u27well as that of the United States, appears to be departing from its traditional role. The extent to which current regulation will be effective in these areas is perhaps the most important question confronted in this comprehensive treatment of Canadian banking

Catalyst for Change: Mutual Funds in Canada

The growth of the mutual funds industry in the last thirty years has been spectacular, both in the United States and in Canada. Although a superficial comparison of the industries in these countries might indicate a high degree of similarity, the industry in Canada operates \u27within a surprisingly different framework, both from the standpoint of regulation and taxation. The effect of this framework on fund behavior, however, is not easily predictable. This in-depth examination of the Canadian mutual funds industry describes the framework \u27within which that industry operates and the resulting effects on fund behavior. In doing so, it provides the basis for a comparison between the mutual funds industry of Canada and that of the United States which, at least by inference, suggests that certain patterns of fund behavior may be endemic to the industry, whether it be Canadian or American, and, accordingly, in regulating that industry that there are certain factors worthy of consideration, no matter where in North America the industry is operating

Catalyst for Change: Mutual Funds in Canada

The growth of the mutual funds industry in the last thirty years has been spectacular, both in the United States and in Canada. Although a superficial comparison of the industries in these countries might indicate a high degree of similarity, the industry in Canada operates \u27within a surprisingly different framework, both from the standpoint of regulation and taxation. The effect of this framework on fund behavior, however, is not easily predictable. This in-depth examination of the Canadian mutual funds industry describes the framework \u27within which that industry operates and the resulting effects on fund behavior. In doing so, it provides the basis for a comparison between the mutual funds industry of Canada and that of the United States which, at least by inference, suggests that certain patterns of fund behavior may be endemic to the industry, whether it be Canadian or American, and, accordingly, in regulating that industry that there are certain factors worthy of consideration, no matter where in North America the industry is operating

Banking in Canada

The means by which banking is regulated in Canada is quite distinct from the methods which are employed in the United States. Moreover, the jurisdictional boundary between provincial regulation of securities and federal regulation of banking has created a regulatory penumbral zone. Additionally, the fact that the present regulation is largely the product of consultation between the banking industry and the government raises the question of the effectiveness of a regulatory scheme which is essentially consensual. The banking industry in Canada, as \u27well as that of the United States, appears to be departing from its traditional role. The extent to which current regulation will be effective in these areas is perhaps the most important question confronted in this comprehensive treatment of Canadian banking