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TFSA contribution room calculator Dec 2nd
Find out your current tax-free savings account (TFSA) contribution limit by using this calculator.
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Tax-free savings account is a bit of a misnomer. While you can use it for straightforward savings, think of it more accurately as an investment holding account to store things like&nb.... More »
Term vs. whole life insurance: Which type of policy is best? + MORE Mar 20th
Term or whole life insurance? That is the question. But we have two more questions: What is the difference between these two types of policy? And which one is best for your needs?
Generally speaking, term life insurance is best for those seeking a low-cost, short-term solution. Whole life insuran.... More »
BREAKING: Ontario Car Insurance Rates Have Increased Oct 18th
Here at RateSupermaket.ca, we keep you in the loop of different ways to save, whether it be on your mortgage, through investments, or on your car insurance. The Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) has reported that Ontario car insurance rates have increased by 2.06 per cent on average..... More »
Staying in Canada but travelling to a different province this summer? Then, yes, you need travel insurance Aug 11th
Even prior to the pandemic, OHIP did not cover medical expenses such as ambulances, prescription drugs and specialists’ fees in other provinces..... More »
BREAKING: Ontario Car Insurance Rates Increase Apr 21st
Here at RateSupermaket.ca, we keep you in the loop of different ways to save, whether it be on your mortgage, through investments, or on your car insurance. The Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) has reported that Ontario car insurance rates have increased by 2.23 per cent on average.... More »
MPs to debate genetic testing bill
– macleans.ca
Liberal MP Rob Oliphant takes part in an interview on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, Feb. 26, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean KilpatrickOTTAWA – After a flurry of intense lobbying from insurance companies, health charities, a handful of provinces and the justice minister herself, the fate of a controversial genetic testing bill is now in the hands of Parliament.
Liberal MP Rob Oliphant has been shepherding the proposed Genetic Non-Discrimination Act, also known as Bill S-201, through the House of Commons, where it is back up for debate and could come to a final vote Wednesday.
“I have been absolutely assured that it is a free vote,” Oliphant said Monday.
Preceding that vote has been months of lobbying both for and against the bill, an effort that picked up steam as the reality began to dawn that a private member’s bill — something that rarely becomes law — had enough support to actually pass.
The legislation would, among other things, make it illegal to require someone to undergo or disclose the results of genetic testing as a condition of signing or continuing an insurance policy or any other good, service, contract or agreement…
