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Jun 2022
53m 4s

The Old Money Simulator

CBC
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Every year, enormous amounts of wealth in Canada pass between hands through inheritances. At the top of the scale are what are called “ultra-high net worth” families – families with so much intergenerational wealth, that inheritances are in the tens, if not hundreds of millions of dollars. For our original episode, Doc Project host Acey Rowe and regular cont ... Show More
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