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Graduating Students and Guaranteed Health Insurance Oct 7th
Oftentimes graduating students have pre-existing medical conditions that will no longer be covered by their student health insurance.
If a graduate is able to get employment and if their employer offers employee benefits then their medical conditions will be covered by these group benefits. However,.... More »
Your FHSA timeline: What to invest in and when Nov 29th
Before you make an offer to buy your first home, you’ll have to determine your budget and save up enough money for a down payment (typically about 20% of the home’s value). That’s probably going to be a good chunk of change—Canada’s housing market is expensive, and if you put down less tha.... More »
What’s your RRSP contribution limit? Feb 19th
If you’re like many Canadians, you’re hoping you’ve paid enough tax for 2016 and may even be looking forward to a hefty tax refund cheque. You can help ensure that happens by knowing the details of your Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), what sets them apart, your contribution limit a.... More »
How to make the most of your TFSAs in retirement + MORE Dec 17th
Unlike your Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), which must start winding down the end of the year you turn 71, you can keep contributing to your tax-free savings account (TFSA) for as long as you live. Even if you make it past age 100, you can keep adding $6,000 (plus any future inflation adj.... More »
Maclean’s on the Hill: Could Ottawa blow a Supreme Court deadline? + MORE May 14th
Each week, the Maclean’s Ottawa bureau sits down with Cormac Mac Sweeney to discuss the headlines of the week. This week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau toured the destruction in Fort McMurray and announced new employment insurance help for regions hit hard by wildfires. Cormac spoke with Vet.... More »
Refugees and the long political journey
– macleans.ca
(BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)Given where they are coming from, those 7,300 Syrian refugees who will arrive in Montreal by the end of 2016 will likely welcome the display of banal Canadian bureaucracy set up in their honour. They will taxi into Trudeau Airport and be taken to a special screening area where they will interviewed, fingerprinted and examined by a medical practitioner. Their documents will be checked once again for authenticity, and their bags for verboten foodstuffs.
They will then be bussed to one of two Library and Archives Canada buildings 10 kms away, especially converted for their arrival. The federal government will give them a social insurance number; the provincial government, a Medicare number and a crash course on immigration, diversity and inclusion. The Red Cross will give families teddy bears, blankets and Pampers. In the space of four hours, a plane load of Syrian refugees will become permanent residents of Canada.
“There is an enthusiasm from all departments that we were able to help bring Syrian refugees here,” said Vito Vassallo, a director with Citizenship and Immigration Canada, as he led a tour of about 30 journalists through the pre-fab guts of the place…
Don't Let ObamaCare's Failures Snowball Into Single Payer
– online.wsj.com
Coloradans, hit hard by the law, are being pushed toward a state takeover of their health insurance.
