RE:RE:RE:Another...Good comments MM.
In RL I am a CPA, CGA (Canada) working in public practice with SME in an ASPE environment (no pubcos). So I know exactly what you mean. I work a lot with those structures.
TOSI came in to try and deal with income splitting but there is some work arounds, such as RRSP spousal contributions (with a 3-year waiting period) and spousal loans at prescribed rates (1-2%), votes/value, reasonable returns TOSI exceptions, etc and the LCGE multiplication in a Trust is still a very widely used.
Oh well...See how things unfold. Maybe the shareholder group should come together and pay for a marketing company haha.