Elections, Heat, Cheap Oil, and #BestMoneyStories
Elections, Heat, Cheap Oil, and #RandomThoughts , and election that Mr. Harper maybe should not have called?
Money Motivations
What are your money motivation ? What motivates you in terms of money and what makes you work hard for money?
Are Employer Pensions in Canada Dying ?
Are employer pensions in Canada pretty much done? If you don’t work for a Bank, Insurance Company or the Government you don’t have one.
Family Allowance, Diving Dollar, Access Sharing and #BestMoneyStories
The Conservative party has made a significant change to the Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB) by making it a taxable benefit. This has resulted in the reinstatement of the Family Allowance cheque, which was previously issued and then withdrawn if the recipient earned enough money. It’s worth noting that while the new UCCB is currently being paid out, many people are not aware that it is a taxable income source and may not realize this until after the election. However, the Liberals, NDP, and I will be sure to bring this to people’s attention long before the election.
Now there is talk of a real deficit this year (not a big one, but no balanced budget to go into the election with either). What with all the talk of recession (check out the CBC’s panel at the end of this and their views on this) and it looks like the economy may be a liability for the Tories, instead of a rallying point for voters.
Thanks to the drop in Interest rate drops last week, the Canadian Dollar is at an 11 year low, and doesn’t really show any sign of dropping either (so if you were planning a fun trip to the USA, it is going to cost you some more). For our American friends, come on up, everything is now much cheaper than it was last year.
Bell is now being forced to share their high-speed internet home connections? I applaud the CRTC for helping make sure there is competition for home high-speed internet access.
My Writings for Week Ending July 24th
Glad to see I am living in “sin city” in terms of Ashley Madison subscriptions :
- RDSP Questions and Answers is me trying to help folks trying to set things up (and reusing some research I did for an ill-fated interview simultaneously).
- I have said it before, but I will repeat it, The CRA Does Not Like Changes, and they will call you on them every time (in terms of asking for receipts).
- I am sure most folks know that the new UCCB (or the old Family Allowance) is a Taxable Income, but I figured I’d point it out to ensure my Captain Obvious points for the week.
I am still on this fine list from LSM Insurance:
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New UCCB and Taxes
So the Harper Government introduced the much vaunted New and Improved UCCB (universal child care benefit) this month so parents (with eligible children) have been receiving payments, and from what I can tell of the… Read More »New UCCB and Taxes
