What Financial Matters Should You Talk to Your Spouse About?
If you’ve ever watched even just one episode of Til Debt Do Us Part, you know just how ignorant some people can be about their spouse’s financial matters. Or where they stand as a couple at all when it comes to money matters. And while you may have sat there smugly on your own couch, shaming…
Read moreNova Scotia’s Answer to Affordable Housing
The NDP party in Nova Scotia has rolled out plans to spend $500 million on affordable housing over the next decade through a variety of measures that will open up housing to residents in the province. The opposing Liberals though say that with few targets mapped out to measure the amount of success the program…
Read moreCommon Sense Moving Tips
When it comes time to move, especially if it’s a big move or you’re on a very tight moving schedule, it can be tempting to just run around your home cramming everything you own into any box you can find. However, taking the time to do a bit of planning now will save you a…
Read moreThe Difference between Hard and Soft Credit Score Pulls
When you’re trying to repair your credit score, there’s one cardinal rule that you must follow: do not let anyone check your credit history or your credit score. Ever. The reason for this is simple. Because every time someone pulls your credit score, it negatively affects your credit. But another cardinal rule when repairing your…
Read moreIs there Enough Transparency with the Government?
It’s probably the issue that the Conservatives are taken to task to the most – are they being transparent enough in their dealings, their taxes, and their revenue to the Canadian people? And although this is usually an issue reserved for the House of Commons, it’s now being dragged right out to the Canadian public….
Read moreLow Interest Rates Until 2015? The PBO Thinks So!
Ever since 2010 we’ve been hearing that interest rates are “going to rise next year!” This has always brought with it a new form of panic, of people worrying about debt (although we all should be anyway) and buying homes based on an interest rate that’s actually much higher than today’s posted rate (another good…
Read moreShould the Minimum Wage be Raised?
It was on Thursday that The Campaign to Raise the Minimum Wage stormed Queen’s Park to give the Ontario Ministry of Labour a Canadian $10 bill. That was frozen in a block of ice. Their point was that the minimum wage has been kept at $10.25 for the past three years, and that you can’t…
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