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Your Wealth Defence Playbook
Most successful people focus on growth—the offense. Few spend enough time on the defense: preparing for risks, protecting what’s already been created, and planning for what happens next.
Between tax, trapped assets, outdated documents, and poor coordination — much of your hard-earned wealth could be lost or delayed. This high-level guide lays out what most successful entrepreneurs, investors, and families overlook — and how simple, proactive planning can make all the difference.
These aren’t theories. These are real strategies wealthy Canadians use to protect their legacy and multiply their impact.
What You'll Learn Inside
Corporate Wealth Strategies
Learn how to access trapped capital without triggering unnecessary tax.
Estate & Legacy Planning Essentials
Structure inheritances to reduce conflict, tax, and delay.
Minimize Tax. Maximize Impact.
Use your tax bill as a vehicle for meaningful charitable giving — without hurting your estate.
Smooth Business Succession Planning
Ensure your business transitions on your terms — without chaos or legal conflict.
Avoid Probate Pitfalls
Discover why naming the wrong assets (or leaving things uncoordinated) can cost your family dearly.
Liquidity Planning
Why “real estate rich, cash poor” is a disaster during estate execution — and how to prevent it.
Audit Action Plan
Learn how a quick Defence Audit™ can expose vulnerability and unlock opportunity.
The Real Cost of No Plan
In your mind, you’ve achieved your magic number—$20 million of wealth. In reality, you control less than $10 million of it. The rest is exposed to multiple layers of taxes, trapped in corporations, or at risk due to poor planning.
What We Think We Have vs. Reality
What we think we have
$20M
What we really control
$10M
Lost to taxes & poor planning
$10M
The Margin You Think You Have
The margin you think you’ve set aside—for retirement, family legacy, or charitable giving— may be less than half of what you imagined. Without defensive planning, your life’s work becomes vulnerable to preventable losses.
Lost to Taxes at Death
Between capital gains, RRSP/RRIF inclusion, and probate fees, the CRA often becomes your largest beneficiary. Without proactive planning, families are shocked by what's left after tax.
Double Taxation Trap
Business owners accumulate retained earnings, but without a tax-efficient exit plan, those funds are taxed twice—once in the corporation, and again when extracted personally.
Liquidity Crisis
Beneficiaries may have to sell investments or properties quickly, often at a discount, just to cover estate costs. The result; stress, conflict, and value destruction.
Misaligned Documents
If your shareholder agreement says one thing and your will says another, it opens the door to legal battles. Even with good intentions, poor coordination can undo years of work.
What's Inside Your Playbook
A comprehensive guide that takes you from understanding the risks to implementing the solutions. Each section builds upon the next to create your complete wealth defence strategy.
Introduction
If your shareholder agreement says one thing and your will says another, it opens the door to legal battles. Even with good intentions, poor coordination can undo years of work.
The Problem: The Real Cost of No Plan
Detailed analysis of what you think you have versus what you really control. Tax impact charts, asset risk assessment, and real-world consequences.
The Strategic Wealth Defence Framework
Overview of the four core strategies and how they work together to create a comprehensive defense system for your wealth.
The Path Forward
Your 3-step process to implement these strategies: Defence Audit, Game Plan Design, and Activation with ongoing adjustments.
Strategy 1: Corporate Wealth Optimization
Transform your corporation from a tax trap into a wealth engine. Includes David's complete case study and implementation strategies.
Strategy 2: Strategic Estate & Legacy Planning
Prepare for succession and unexpected exits. Tom and Kevin's unfunded agreement shows what can go wrong and how to prevent it.
Strategy 3: Converting Tax into Charitable
Redirect tax dollars to causes you care about. John's philanthropic breakthrough shows how to give more and keep more.
Strategy 4: Business Continuity & Exit Planning
Prepare for succession and unexpected exits. Tom and Kevin's unfunded agreement shows what can go wrong and how to prevent it.
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