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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.
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== 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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