(a) in favour of a creditor who is dealing at arm’s length with the insolvent person, or a person in trust for that creditor, with a view to giving that credito
r a preference over another creditor is void as against — or, in Quebec, may not be set up against — the trustee if it is made, incurred, taken or suffered, as the case may be, during the period beginning
on the day that is three months before the date of the initial bankruptcy even
t and ending on the date ...[+++] of the bankruptcy; and