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   Kristi-Lynn and James Andrew MacDonald met in 1994, lived in a common-law arrangement for 2 1⁄2 years, and were married on October 5, 1996. For sake of clarity I may refer to them as the “husband” or “James” and the “wife” or “Kristi”. At marriage the husband was approximately age 32 and the wife approximately age 28. He was a Toronto area emergency physician while she was a flight attendant with Canadian Airlines. At marriage he owned his home, subject to mortgage, along with significant RRSPs. He was otherwise debt-free. At marriage, she had no significant assets or debts.
   They married October 5, 1996. She continued to work with the airline while pregnant until late 1997 when she took a maternity leave. Their first child, Jenna, was born […] 1998. The young family moved to Huntsville in January 1999 to accommodate the husband’s wish to seek a less stressful lifestyle than had been the case in Toronto. James testified at trial that his wife told him she didn’t want to return to work but wished instead to stay at home to raise their family. Kristi testified that her withdrawal from the Toronto area workforce was because neither of them wanted to leave childcare duties to a nanny. The husband disputed that but both agreed with their joint decision to move north in 1999 to live in Muskoka with James’ income as the sole source of family support. Mrs. MacDonald retired from Canadian Airlines and took her pension in a small lump sum.

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