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Winter 2020 | Volume 29 Number 4 Published Quarterly by the BC Notaries Association 29 years Al-Karim Kara, President and CEO of the Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia INSIDE: Communicating and New Year’s Resolutions Publications Mail Agreement: 40010827 Proud to Support the BC Notaries Association As your trusted partner, Stewart Title remains steadfast in our support of BC Notaries. You can count on us to provide knowledgeable advice and title insurance solutions that help you close real estate transactions smoothly and with peace of mind. We know that how we work with our clients is the basis for a solid partnership. That’s why service is the foundation of our business and integrity, the keystone in all our dealings. (888) 667-5151 | www.stewart.ca © 2020 Stewart. All rights reserved. See policies for full terms and conditions. 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PUBLISHED BY THE BC NOTARIES ASSOCIATION THEME: Communicating and New Year’s Resolutions COVER STORY Communicating: A Fine Art 30 Mary-Ann Mustonen-Hinds A Message from Al-Karim Kara Communicating Through the Power of Music 32 Peter and Anne-Marie Brimacombe NEW PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE LAND TITLE The Arts Help Vulnerable Women AND SURVEY AUTHORITY and Child Clients Process Trauma 35 OF BRITISH COLUMBIA 6 Karen McCluskey VICE PRESIDENT, BC NOTARIES ASSOCIATION 6 New Year’s Resolutions Welcome 2021! 7 for Better Digital Communications 36 Morrie Baillie Jean Beale CEO, BC NOTARIES ASSOCIATION The Language of Music 37 New Year . New Strategic Priorities! 8 Ambur Braid Chad Rintoul KEYNOTE “Quotes and Misquotes” 38 Personal Communicating 9 Peter Zablud, AM, RFD Val Wilson COMMUNICATING ABOUT TAXES The CRA and Your Taxes 42 Out of Touch 10 Andréa Agnoloni Filip de Sagher Age, Disability, and Dementia-Friendly Communication 45 Every Conversation Counts Sara Pon The Secret to Every Great Presentation 12 NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS Riaz Meghji Financial 48 Assess the Quality of Your Communicating 13 Peter Dolezal Rhonda Latreille New Year’s Resolutions 49 Veracity: The Quality of Communication 14 Resolutions for a Greener 2021. Nigel Atkin Dreaming of a Greener Future? 50 NEW CANADIAN BOOK Stephanie Butler Restoring Democracy in an Age of Populism and Pestilence 15 Transform the Family Justice System A New Year’s Resolution 52 Zoom 101 17 Jane Morley, QC Morrie Baillie Meat and Potatoes Communicating 18 The Scrivener: What’s in a Name? Garry Gracey and Jacek Januszewski “A professional penman, a copyist, a scribe . a Notary.” Managing Grief 20 Thus the Oxford English Dictionary describes a scrivener, Beverly Carter the craftsman charged with ensuring that the written affairs Storytelling 23 of others flow smoothly, seamlessly, and accurately. Where Marylee Stephenson, PhD a scrivener must record the files accurately, it’s the Notary whose Seal is bond. COMMUNICATING THROUGH CREATIVITY Al’s Art 24 We chose The Scrivener as the name of our magazine Lori McLeod to celebrate the Notary’s role in drafting, communicating, authenticating, and getting the facts straight. We strive It Only Takes One to Stop Fighting 26 to publish articles about points of law and the Notary Julia Menard profession for the education and enjoyment of our members, Whole-Body Listeners 28 our allied professionals in business, and the public in Aryan and Ishan Sablok British Columbia. 4 BC Notaries Association Volume 29 Number 4 Winter 2020 The Scrivener: What’s in a Name? 4 Business to Business 27 Published by Letters 29 the BC Notaries Association BC Notaries Speak Your Language 29 Editor’s 43 Editor-in-Chief Val Wilson BC Notaries 2021 Spring Conference 54 CEO Chad Rintoul PROFILE OF A BC NOTARY, SHOWCASING THE WINNERS OF THE PRESTIGIOUS DR. BERNARD W. HOETER AWARD Senior Advisor G. W. Wayne Braid Year 2019, BC Notary Ernie Kliever 56 Administrative WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Coordinator: Olivia Kuyvenhoven Bill Todd, Retired. Long-time “Ambassador” for Stewart Title 58 Courier Lightspeed Courier & Logistics End of an Era 60 Photographer Wildman Photography Wayne Braid ORIGINAL RECIPES Gnocchi 62 The Scrivener Saffron Almond Cake 63 Laurie Salvador email: [email protected] website: www.bcnotaryassociation.ca Send photographs The Board of Governors 64 to [email protected] All rights reserved. Contents may not be THE MiX reprinted or reproduced without written permission from the publisher. BCLI Meet Karen Campbell, Executive Director, BC Law Institute 65 This journal is a forum for discussion, not a medium of official pronouncement. SFU MASTER OF ARTS IN APPLIED LEGAL STUDIES (MA ALS) The BC Notaries Association does not, in any Thoughts on the Year to Come 66 sense, endorse or accept responsibility Dr. Margaret Hall for opinions expressed by contributors. THE LTSA New Year, New Chapter 68 Connie Fair BOOK REVIEW “Making Vancouver 1863 – 1913” 69 Robert Allen HISTORY OF BC The English Bay Cannery 70 Ron Hyde CANADA POST: PUBLICATIONS MAIL WILLS AND ESTATES AGREEMENT No. 40010827 Electronic Wills and Section 58 WESA 72 Postage Paid at Vancouver, BC Trevor Todd The Nose Knows 75 RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN Marlie Oden ADDRESSES TO CIRCULATION DEPT. TECHNOLOGY BC NOTARIES ASSOCIATION Knock Knock. Who’s there? 2021. 76 SUITE 201, 2453 BEACON AVENUE Akash Sablok SIDNEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA Services a BC Notary Can Provide 77 V8L 1X7 PEOPLE 78 WWW.BCNOTARYASSOCIATION.CA Volume 29 Number 4 Winter 2020 The Scrivener | www.bcnotaryassociation.ca TABLE OF CONTENTS 5 COVER STORY A Message from Al-Karim Kara NEW PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE LAND TITLE AND SURVEY AUTHORITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA am honoured and humbled Information Officer. I saw the Your dedication to providing potential to improve confidence essential legal services with integrity to take on responsibility in our services through the use of and accountability is deeply for leading the Land Title technology to bring consistency, appreciated. Without question, I efficiency, and transparency into the my first priority will be to nurture the and Survey Authority of British land registration process. During my already strong relationships between Columbia (LTSA) into its next time here, we have made it possible LTSA and our colleagues in the to process a registration in 4 days’ legal and real property community, chapter as President and Chief time—95 per cent of application ensuring we support each other to Executive Officer. submissions are now conducted navigate toward a new reality together. digitally, and LTSA has re-invested I know I am stepping into the very My relationship with land and over $80 million in revenues to big shoes of Connie Fair who has led security of ownership started long ensure British Columbians continue LTSA over the past 5 years to become ago with my childhood experience to benefit from this world-leading a world-leading land title and survey in East Africa; it seems rather system that we have built together. authority. I’ll be guided by our Board serendipitous that I now have this of Directors and Stakeholder Advisory opportunity to expand my impact Committee members to continue in the public interest. delivering on the LTSA’s Strategic When and where I grew up, Plan, working to improve transparency there was no Torrens system— and efficiency while reducing risk and nor any reliable system—to provide streamlining processes. certainty about who owns what. I am committed to our customer- As you can imagine, this can centric approach, delivering solutions make life difficult and insecure to address customer and stakeholder for citizens; it explains a lot about feedback and ensuring all that we the challenges developing countries undertake is in the public interest. face to create wealth. Our focus on operational excellence It saddens me to see that will be maintained, ensuring the LTSA remains a problem today. We are continues to meet turnaround times very fortunate to live in Canada, and maintain cost-efficient operations. a country that consistently ranks Thank you to all Notaries for among the highest in the world for continuing to provide essential quality of life, due in no small part services to British Columbians. to our commitment to the principles From updating office protocols of pluralist society and rule of law. to responding to changes in Here in British Columbia, we have legislation and technology, you have the benefit of a dynamic and diverse Al-Karim Kara risen to the challenges presented economy backed by effective I also recognize the success by the COVID-19 pandemic. regulation, including the Torrens of LTSA has only been possible with The year 2020 has been unique and registry system. the ongoing support of BC Notaries has required us all to reconsider what It was with that appreciation and other real property stakeholders.