December 23, 2020 Reading time: 2 min
By Nick Seebruch Cornwall and SD&G Paramedics Leighton Woods and Thomas Shackleton with the ceremonial bell rung in memory of Canadian paramedics who died on the job this year (Nick Seebruch/ Seaway News).
CORNWALL, Ontario – In a somber ceremony Wednesday morning, Dec. 23, at the Cornwall Civic Complex the Cornwall and SD&G Paramedic Service remembered their colleagues across Canada who lost their lives on the job this year.
Names of 51 paramedics from across the country were read out by Cornwall Mayor Bernadette Clement, Warden Frank Prevost, MP Eric Duncan, and Cornwall City Councillors Glen Grant, Elaine MacDonald, and Syd Gardner.
Their situation is ‘likely to be more complex and with more issues to consider’
The concept of a ‘traditional’ family is long gone, as people have become more global and mobile, and significant policy changes have been made in this space.
One group of people who strongly need financial and estate planning LGBT+ families and couples, even though there remains a lack of historical data and legal case studies on which base this.
Hollie Marcham, associate solicitor, and Scott Halliday, associate family law solicitor at Irwin Mitchell Private Wealth, told
International Adviser that when it comes to LGBT+ couples and families, the estate planning process must begin with their life cycles, as they can be quite different from their heterosexual counterparts.