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Cision // The Canada Revenue Agency recognizes the value of free tax clinics that help Canadians do their taxes so they can get the benefit and credits they are entitled to. We also know the costs of running these clinics can be a challenge for organizations who want to participate.   To support these organizations, the Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of ...

MortgageBrokerNews.ca // As much as half of Canada’s lower-earning households are spending around 31% of their incomes on debt repayments, according to a new survey by charity group Prosper Canada.   In its recently released report, Prosper Canada also said that the debt-repayment ratio among moderate-income households is at an average of 18%, although it wa...

Toronto Sun// With COVID-19 wreaking economic havoc, half of Canada’s low-income households are spending 31% of their income on debt repayments, a charity study says. Prosper Canada also says 62% of moderate-income households are struggling financially.   The group’s report, Roadblock to Recovery: Consumer debt of low and moderate-income Canadians in the...

Winnipeg Free Press // IG Wealth Management is embarking on a five-year, $5-million project to help enhance the financial confidence of Indigenous communities in Canada.   The Winnipeg-based national financial planning company may be starting to target more high net-worth clients, but its new CEO, Damon Murchison, says that its focus is on the financial well-being...

This November, the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of Financial Literacy Month (FLM), an idea originally conceived by a handful of nonprofit organizations in a boardroom one Friday afternoon in an effort to raise awareness and support for their efforts to build the financial capability and health of Canadians.   S...

insauga.com: A recent report from Prosper Canada found 62 per cent of moderate-income households have debt, and low-income households spend approximately 31 per cent of their income on debt repayments.   Based on the findings, the most common forms of debt for low- and moderate-income households are credit card and installment loans. Additionally, most indebted ho...

Global News: When Janet Yu drove to Toronto from Texas in June to assist her 90-year-old mother, who was recovering from a spinal injury, she never thought she’d end up dealing with not one but two emergencies.  The second crisis emerged when Yu, a chartered professional accountant, sat down with her mother to review her retirement accounts after a trip to t...

Wealth Professional / Experts warn of impending insolvency wave as income support and deferral programs end. Last week, the Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals (CAIRP) sounded the alarm as September statistics on insolvencies pointed to a painful reckoning for households across Canada.   Citing figures from the Office of the Sup...

CBC News: Insolvencies spiked by almost 20 per cent in September and could be poised to skyrocket. After a lull in the early days of COVID-19, more and more Canadians are starting to file for bankruptcy again, and experts in the field say government has to do more and soon or the economy could face a tsunami of insolvencies in the coming months. The Office of the Superi...

Advisor's Edge, November 10, 2020 - A report from Prosper Canada says that households in precarious financial situations have few options for obtaining financial advice. The report, Roadblock to Recovery, examines the distribution, amount and composition of consumer and mortgage debt held by Canadian households based on Statistics Canada’s 2016 Survey of Financial ...