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Inflation: What You Need to Know
Inflation, for many, can be an invisible economic culprit affecting our bank accounts without us even realizing it. Inflation: the general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money While inflation in economic terms is defined simply above, it's...
Tax Planning Starts Now!
If I had a dollar for every time I've said that tax planning shouldn't just come in April when it's time to submit our income taxes. It's a practice that should be ongoing and especially reviewed once you've filed your previous year's taxes and received your Notice of...
Canada’s Federal Budget: how much, and who’s being helped?
This week saw the release of Canada’s federal budget – the first in 2 years. With the pandemic still surging, it was no surprise that a large focus of the budget was on continued recovery spending and stimulus. Most notably, and what’s catching many of the headlines,...
2020 and the Work-at-Home Tax Deductions
As you’re getting your 2020 tax year together, you may be scratching your head as to what can and can’t be deducted if you had to work at home due to COVID. Well, let me illuminate what is and isn’t deductible, and the new simplified way of claiming deductions...
Master Your Money: Investing 101
With more and more people working remotely, staying at home and having a little more time to think about their money while watching the media focus on markets climbing up and up, there has been a considerable rise in individuals considering some self-directed...
Mental Health & Your Finances
Today in Canada, we recognize Bell Let’s Talk Day. This is a day where a hashtag can raise money for mental health programs across Canada, with the encouragement to talk about mental health in an effort to end the stigma. So let’s talk about mental health. It’s my...
2021 and the face of COVID-19 Financial Assistance
While we may have thought 10 months ago that 2021 would bring about change, a new year, and that the pandemic and economic strife may be behind us. Unfortunately, that's not the case, and as a result there remains government financial support for individuals and...
New Year… New Goals
Whether or not you’re a New Years Resolutions person, it’s helpful to set some goals for any period of time. They don’t have to be in January… heck, set some in May and switch it up! The point is, that you set some goals, create a plan and take the necessary action to...
Top 5 Financial Events of 2020
No doubt that 2020 was a year for the books, but while so many are affected, not all of the financial events that have occurred in our world have been fatal. Here's a list of the Top 5 in Canada, in no particular order. 1: Global Pandemic = Record Government Stimulus...
12 Days of COVID Christmas Savings
This year I've taken my 2019 12 Days of Christmas Savings and reimagined it for COVID. 1 – Giving: 2020 has been hard for so many, so if you can, please give 2 – Start with a Philosophy: we won’t be in this forever, so give gift cards to support businesses today that...