Blair Corkum
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1E 2J7
Canada
Profession(s)
Financial ProfessionalBlair Corkum owns Blair Corkum Financial Planning Inc. He is a Chartered Financial Divorce Specialist in Canada. He also holds his Registered Financial Planner, Certified Financial Planner, Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Accountant designations, as well as certain other designations. He has offered financial advice in the area of family law since 1997, which developed from his hourly fee-based (fee for service) financial planning experience. Blair’s special training and experience in financial planning for separation and divorce assists you and your legal counsel in achieving the most satisfactory long term financial settlements. He has worked within mediation, collaborative practice and litigation environments, as well as a "friend of the court" assisting the judiciary in review of trial evidence, and including acting as an expert witness in a court setting.
Professional Activities
Member of the P.E.I., Nova Scotia and Canadian Institutes of Chartered Accountants / Chartered Professional Accountants, The Financial Advisors Association of Canada [Advocis], the Institute of Advanced Financial Planners and the Canadian Institute of Financial Planners ~Member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer of the Community Legal Information Association of P.E.I. – 2006 to current (Treasurer to 2018) ~Member of the Policy Committee of the Greater Charlottetown Area Chamber of Commerce – 2006 to present ~Board of Directors of the Greater Charlottetown Area Chamber of Commerce - 2013 to 2018 (including V-P Finance - 2014 - 2018) ~Advisory Council for the Academy of Financial Divorce Specialists - 2021 to currentUndergraduate Education
Bachelor of Commerce (Honours), Dalhousie University, 1976
Professional Education
Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Accountant (CA) 1978
Chartered Financial Planner 1989
Registered Financial Planner (R.F.P.) 1996
Certified Financial Planner (CFP) 1996
Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) 2005
Certified Health Insurance Specialist (CHS) - 2011 conversion from Registered Health Underwriter (RHU) - 2008
Chartered Financial Divorce Specialist (CFDS) 2009
Formerly a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA) 2017 (ceased membership in 2021 when Canadian support discontinued by the organization)
Comments
Blair’s uses his training and experience in financial planning for separation and divorce to assist legal counsel in achieving satisfactory long- term financial settlements. He plays a supporting role in family law financial matters, offering objective advice related to determination of income, assisting with cash flow budgeting and calculating the effect of income taxes on various support payment scenarios. He has assisted with mediation and collaborative family law negotiations as well as participated in court trials as an expert witness. His experience includes assistance to the P.E.I. Dept. of Justice & Public Safety with implementation of the Child Support Guidelines in 1997, and participation on the Advisory Committee on Child Support to the federal Deputy Minister of Justice. He provides continuing advice to the judiciary, court personnel and lawyers on determination of income, as well as advice on tax consequences and financial issues regarding child and spousal support matters. He has presented various seminars and workshops to the public, government and legal organizations on the Child Support Guidelines in all four Atlantic Provinces and has authored of a number of related articles.