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You Can Be Debt-Free!
You can be debt-free! Does that feel like an elusive dream? Striving to make ends meet, uncertain about your financial future, hoping for a brighter tomorrow for your family? Don’t despair for there is hope. Just pause, and let’s take stock of where you are on the...
September – A Time for New Beginnings, including Your Budget
September - A Time for New Beginnings, including Your Budget September is such a beautiful month with the cooler, crisper weather and all the vegetation turning into the brilliant colours of fall, including a few of my pumpkins I planted in the spring. For many of us...
Enjoying Staycations on a Budget!
Vacations this year are going to look a lot different. With stay-at-home orders ending slowly, staycations on a budget are the norm for many. It may not feel like a real vacation turning your home-school office into a holiday spot. Still, a little creativity can go a...
Emotional Spending – 6 Keys to Tackling It
Emotional spending gets to all of us at one time or another. You walk into a store merely to window-shop and walk out feeling like Santa Claus! Those red shoes were just so pretty, or that cordless toolset too cool to miss. An irresistible sale beckoned, or, you...
Should You Pay Off Debt or Save
Wondering whether to pay off debt or save during the pandemic? You are not alone. Countless Canadians are asking themselves the same question.
Strengthening Protections for Ontario Consumers
The Government of Ontario is thinking of establishing new protections for users of alternative financial services (AFS). According to the government, AFSs are high-cost financial services outside of traditional financial institutions like banks and credit unions. For...
Keeping more money in your pocket
If you are like most people today, you are interested in keeping more money in your pocket. These three basic principles can make a massive difference to our financial well-being. Saving, saving, saving. Saving enables us to reach our financial goals, whether for a...
Consumer rights and debt
Consumer rights and debt is an increasingly important topic. As modern societies move toward open data movements in government, health care and banking, it’s important to note that North American society wasn’t built on a bedrock of a citizen’s right to know....
Should You Pay Off Debt or Save
Wondering whether to pay off debt or save during the pandemic? You are not alone. …
Keeping more money in your pocket
If you are like most people today, you are interested in keeping more money in …
