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Is Retirement Dead in Canada? A Young Renter, a Single Mom and a Senior Renting Alone
October 8, 2026 · 22 minIS RETIREMENT DEAD IN CANADA?Both parts together: the young renter, then the single mom on low pay and the senior renting alone If you're renting, or on a low income, most retirement advice wasn't written for you. So I built 3 tight cases…
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Your Bracket Is Not Your Rate
October 4, 2026 · 5 minMost of us decide RRSP or TFSA, or how much to draw from a RRIF, off our tax bracket. This episode is about the number that should decide it: what your next dollar costs once the clawbacks are counted. 1. An Ontario family on $60,000 with…
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What I Wish Someone Told Me About Being an Executor
October 4, 2026 · 10 minFour short videos from this year on being an executor, in one place, if you missed some when they went out. How to actually pick one, and the conversation your lawyer skips. The first year of the job, when your brother wants his share and…
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Could Ottawa Come for Your Savings? Where It Went, and What Could Change
October 3, 2026 · 9 minIs Ottawa coming for your TFSA, your OAS or your house? I went through the budgets in two parts. First, what could realistically change, and what each change would cost you. CPP and your OAS cheque are the safest numbers in your plan. The…
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Can You Retire in Canada on $500,000?
September 29, 2026 · 4 minCan a couple retire in Canada on $500,000? If they spend $120,000 a year, no. This couple spends $60,000. Both 65, $500,000 saved, and CPP and OAS pay them $40,000 a year. So their savings only have to find $20,000 a year until 98. I ran…
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How to Have the Hard Money Conversation With Your Partner
September 28, 2026 · 4 minSomeone in my community asked how you actually have the hard money conversation with your partner. So here's a couple who've had the same money fight for 10 years. Takeout, hockey fees, a very expensive air fryer, and still nothing in…
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Where Your Down Payment Should Come From First
September 27, 2026 · 11 minFHSA, cash, family money, a regular investment account, RRSP, TFSA, a corporation. Every dollar you pull out has a price tag, and the price is different in every account. The order I'd use, cheapest first: FHSA, topped up, then all of it…
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Car math simplified, repair or replace, and electric battery data
September 26, 2026 · 7 minNew or used, fix or replace, and whether an electric battery is really the risk people think. I ran all 133 cars in my calculator. Ontario, 16,000 km a year, every cost counted, including what the car's worth when you're done. Keep a car…