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Ocean 6 founder Jay Gangnes reviewing a business owner's disability and key person insurance coverage.

What Happens to Your Business and Your Family If You Can’t Work Tomorrow

Disability insurance for business owners in Canada is trickier than it looks, especially if you pay yourself in dividends.

4 September 2026

Ocean 6 founder Jay Gangnes in a meeting about aligning a business owner's accountant and financial planner.

The Most Expensive Mistake Business Owners Make

Your accountant handles last year. Your planner handles the next fifteen. When they never speak, you pay for the gap

4 September 2026

Ocean 6 founder Jay Gangnes reviewing a connected financial plan with a business owner.

When Your Finances Aren’t Connected, It Quietly Costs You

When your investments, tax, insurance and structure are managed separately, no one owns how they fit. That gap quietly costs

4 September 2026

Ocean 6 partner Dave Loncaric discussing the financial decisions that matter most for business owners.

The Financial Decisions That Matter Most for Business Owners (And When to Make Them)

The decisions that shape a business owner's outcome rarely feel urgent, so they get pushed. How you pay yourself, the

25 August 2026

Ocean 6 founder Jay Gangnes reviewing a financial plan with a business owner.

Why Most Financial Plans Fail: They Ignore Your Business

Most financial plans are built for steady paycheques, not business owners. Why a plan that ignores the business behind your

25 August 2026

Ocean 6 founder Jay Gangnes reviewing corporate structure and tax planning for incorporated professionals in Canada.

Incorporated Professional in Canada: What Doctors, Lawyers, and Consultants Need to Know

If you're a doctor, lawyer, dentist or consultant with a corporation, the rules aren't the same for everyone. What changes

19 August 2026

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Each hub is a structured library of articles, FAQs and tools, designed for the questions our clients actually ask.

Tax-Efficient Compensation

Salary vs. dividend, bonus timing, capital dividend account, and the math behind paying yourself well.

Corporate Structure & Holding Cos

Why holding companies exist, when they’re worth the cost, and how they fit into a long-term wealth plan.

Insurance as a Planning Tool

Why corporate-owned life insurance, when permanent vs term makes sense, and the structural moves nobody tells you about.

Financial Planning

Why plans built for a paycheque fail an owner, how planners get paid, and what to look for in one.

Exit, Succession & Sale

What the 3–5 years before a business sale should look like, and the moves that change the after-tax number.

Intergenerational Wealth

Trusts, family meetings, estate freezes and the work of moving wealth, and values, to the next generation.

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