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ENGLISH is the international language of law and commerce. Knowing FRENCH is useful for understanding LEGAL ENGLISH, but FRENCH is not the international language of law and commerce, so we will ignore French speakers who speak to us in the language of a conquered people.

Non.

I understand that you are a proud Québécois, but the people here have nothing but contempt for you because of decades of transfer payments and NONE OF YOU understanding what Quebec sovereignty means. None of you know who Russell Rogers Smith is, and you're too proud and arrogant to teach. Just go away and be Retardier somewhere else.

Volume 7

Jul 03, 2014 2:43 AM

Scott Duncan

Not All Passports Are Created Equal

huffingtonpost.com

A passport from the United States allows its citizens free access to 172 other countries. But not all travelers have such an overwhelming spread of choices: Residents of Iraq, for example, can access only 31 countries with their passport. Venturin...

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Chip Douglas

As most of this stuff does, that Act reads like a bunch of gobbledygook. However, the most interesting part was scrolling through the 'regulations' of the Act:

“discretionary interest” means any estate or interest in or possibility of receiving income or capital of a trust that is dependent on, or the value of which may be increased or reduced by the exercise of or the failure to exercise, a discretionary power held by the trustee or trustees or by any other person or persons and, for greater certainty and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a power to amend the terms of a trust or a power to determine the date at which all or any interests shall vest or at which all or any property shall be distributed is a discretionary power;

More specifically; who exactly holds this "POWER" mentioned about in this definition, Scott?

http://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/regu/sor-84-431/latest/sor-84-431.html

Chip Douglas

I know there is something significant to all that Rick, i just dont know what im looking at:

"Present value of life annuities (present value of life interest) of $1.00 per annum payable annually in arrears for life." ? :/

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