Rogo Dan owns all of the common shares of Julie Inc. which in turn owns all of the shares of two other companies, Opco Inc. and RE Inc. Opco Inc. carries on an active business in Sudbury. RE Inc. owns real estate, of which 100% is used by Opco Inc. in its business. All three corporations are CCPCs. The following are further details:

Julie Inc. assets:

Shares of Opco Inc. at FMV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $850,000

Shares of RE Inc. at FMV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800,000

Portfolio investments at FMV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,000 Opco Inc. assets and liabilities:

Active business assets at FMV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $900,000

Term deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,000

Liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,000

RE Inc. assets and liabilities:

Land and building at FMV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $800,000

Portfolio investments at FMV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200,000 Mortgage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200,000

The proportion of assets in each of the companies has been constant over the past three years.

Rogo has owned the shares of Julie Inc. for the past five years.

Rogo would like your advice on the following:

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• Does Julie Inc. meet each of the three tests necessary for its shares to be qualifying small business corporation shares?

• If the shares of Julie Inc. are not QSBC shares, then suggest ways of purifying Julie Inc.