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Difference between revisions of "Consumer and Ordinary Proposals"

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== Client problems ==
== Client problems ==
* Client wants advice on repaying debts and has the financial ability to pay something toward all of them, but needs a lower overall monthly payment and additional time to pay.

* Client wants advice on repaying debts and has the financial ability to pay something toward all of them, but needs a lower overall monthly payment and additional time to pay.

 
 
== Summary of the law ==
== Summary of the law ==
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The federal [http://canlii.ca/t/7vcz ''Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act''], in Part III, contains the provisions under which a debtor can make a '''proposal''' to all or a class of creditors (for example, only unsecured creditors) to pay off a percentage of their debts, after which the debtor will be discharged at law from owing the balance of the debts to those creditors.
The federal [http://canlii.ca/t/7vcz ''Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act''], in Part III, contains the provisions under which a debtor can make a '''proposal''' to all or a class of creditors (for example, only unsecured creditors) to pay off a percentage of their debts, after which the debtor will be discharged at law from owing the balance of the debts to those creditors.


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