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Canadian Tax Scenarios - Judge Teskey - Leaving Canada for UAE -

QUESTION:I am a Canadian Citizen and living in Canada for the past 10 years. Currently, I am exploring opportunities in UAE.Once we leave we do not intended to visit Canada for the next two years.We have properties in Canada which are rented out to individuals at arms length with proper paperwork for duration of one year or more. In addition to this we have registered and non-registered investments in Canada.We would prefer to keep our properties and investments in Canada. For mortgage and other property maintenance payments we plan on keeping our single bank account and a credit card.Also, we plan on keeping the driver=92s license for some period of time until we can get a UAE drivers license. Health cards can be canceled since we would not be using it.In your opinion what would be the best course of action that we should take. If we need to chat let me know.