Red Ink on the Prairies

A day after Quebec’s Finance Minister Eric Girard brought down a Budget featuring a $6.3 Billion deficit, Saskatchewan’s Finance Minister Jim Reiter tabled his government’s budget on March 19. Next up was Finance Minister Adrian Salas, who tabled the Manitoba Budget on March 24. The common thread: there’s lots of red ink on the Prairies. But that’s where the budget documents differ between Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Here’s the latest tax news and why it matters to the advice you give your clients.

This fall, learn an important skill that’s in demand. Retirement income planning is a skillset in high demand by the baby boomer demographic—the most affluent generation in our history. 

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“Anything that you learn becomes your wealth, a wealth that cannot be taken away from you; whether you learn it in a building called school or in the school of life. To learn something new is a timeless pleasure and a valuable treasure.” C. JoyBell C.

Statistics Canada reports that an undergraduate degree costs close to $6200 but according to a new study,  80% of parents don’t know that.  Worse,  most parents are poorly informed about tax efficient ways to save, especially weak on RESP knowledge.  This is a great opportunity for tax and financial advisors to add significant value.

A highly engaged audience weighed in on who should fund post-secondary education as Knowledge Bureau’s August poll asked, in your opinion is it the parent’s responsibility.

It’s fall:  time to ramp up Canada’s economy! Possibly the only good news in Statistics Canada’s August 31 report on Gross domestic product, income and expenditure, for the second quarter 2016, was that Canada’s household savings rate was 4.2%, up from 4.1% in the first quarter.