My name is Ira Smith, president of Ira Smith Trustee & Receiver Inc.
First, we hope that you and your family are safe,
healthy and secure during this coronavirus pandemic.
I want to assure you that Ira Smith Trustee & Receiver Inc.
is fully operational.
Both Brandon Smith and myself are available at any time
to speak with you on the phone or video meeting on any matter of concern to you.
So give us a call.
Send us a message.
We would love to hear from you.
We also wish you a very healthy and happy
New Year, 2021. I hope you can watch until the end of this
video because I know you will get value from it.
What a year 2020 has been.
I am sure that we are all glad that it is almost over.
This time of year, Brandon likes to look back on the past year's Brandon's Blog posts
and see which of the blog posts were most read by visitors and subscribers.
As you will see down below,
Brandon has a full explanation of his
philosophy on how he writes the blogs and then reviews the most read blogs
looking at the top 10 keyword searches that led people to our blogs.
Now he's purposely not looked at search terms,
obvious ones such as consumer proposal, personal bankruptcy, corporate bankruptcy,
financial restructuring. But he has looked at insolvency-related
search words that brought people to his blogs.
So he first looks at the search terms and explains what blogs
that relates to them and has a link down below for each of the blogs.
So I just wanted to talk about the top 10
search terms again, not including anything obvious, like consumer proposal,
bankruptcy, debt settlement, restructuring.
So number 10, which surprised him,
is Goldie Cranston. Goldie is the sister of the late Canadian
figure skating champion Toler Cranston, and you'll see below
that the blog dealt with an estate dispute as between the siblings on how
the assets should be realized. Because we do estate trustee work
in addition to licensed insolvency trustee work,
That is why Brandon has written
several blogs on various estate trustee topics, including the Cranston legal case.
Number 9, if your parents die with debt, who pays in Canada?
This and a few other top keyword search terms deals with debt and death.
And again, because of our estate trustee
work, Brandon had written several blogs on debt and death matters.
Number 8, Commercial Tenancies Act in Ontario.
The Commercial Tenancies Act sets out the provincial law for commercial tenancies.
This is a key search term that has
increased in volume in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Number 7 is spouse responsible for credit card debt in Canada?
Again, another debt and death topic
that relates to several blogs that Brandon has listed below.
Number 6, 4 pillars class action.
This keyword search term refers to a class action
lawsuit in British Columbia against a debt settlement company who are not
licensed insolvency trustees called for Pillars.
Number 5, I need financial help
immediately Canada. Although people search this longtail
keyword every year, this year, the volume of searches has risen dramatically.
It is no wonder because since March 2020
the coronavirus pandemic has caused this
keyword to be searched for more than usual in any prior year.
Number 4.
Form thirty-one proof of claim, how to complete a proof of claim.
In order to participate in an insolvency proceeding, a bankruptcy proceeding
mainly, and be entitled to be paid a dividend
should it be declared, you have to file a proof of claim.
The form can be confusing for first-time, proof of claim filers,
and especially for people not used to dealing in insolvency, matters.
Many times these people need help in completing the proof of claim form.
Every day,
someone
finds that blog because they've put
in that search term. Within the blog, we have a link to a live example of step
by step how to complete a proof of claim form.
There is not one day of the year that goes by without somebody
looking at that example and following it and filling out a proof of claim form.
Number 3, how to negotiate with 407 ETR.
Many times in consumer insolvency files people have a large debt to
407 ETR. Please excuse the pun, but where the rubber meets the road
is when the person is refused renewal of the vehicle license permit because
of their outstanding debt to 407 ETR.
That's normally the time when people want
to find out about how they can negotiate with 407 ETR
and Brandon has the blog on that indicated below.
Number 2, what happens to mortgage when you die
Canada or joint mortgage debts of spouse Canada?
This is another debt and death
related issue, which Brandon has written about.
And number1.
Which, again, is surprising that it still
has that interest is 40 Park Lane Circle Toronto and 44 Park Lane Circle.
These two properties in Toronto's Bridle Path area
still garner a great deal of interest.
Each property was formerly owned,
number 40 by a single individual and
number 44 by a married couple, both with extremely high profile
insolvency cases that Brandon has written about, and the details are down below.
So, again, I want to assure you that the Ira Smith Trustee & Receiver Inc.
Team is fully operational.
We are available to answer any questions
you might have about this Brandon's Blog or anything else at all.
Shoot us a message.
Give us a phone call.
Get on a video meeting with us.
We would love to hear from you.
Again, we hope that you and your family remain safe,
healthy and secure, and that you all have a safe and healthy Happy New Year.