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Life Insurance as a Savings Vehicle?

Continuing on with our discussion about insurance, let’s go back and look at a little history. In Canada, life insurance predates Canada becoming a country. The first life insurance policy was issued in 1847! In addition to the death benefit, the policies were also considered safe savings vehicles. In the roaring twenties and the depression […]

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Who decides what you owe?

The last couple of weeks I have been speaking about controlling your money. From using cash for day-to-day expenses, to avoiding digital currencies. Many Canadians don’t realize that they can take control of their borrowing as well. For example, when it comes to most people’s largest borrowing, our mortgage, we defer all the decisions to […]

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Who do you listen to?

After last week’s post about being careful who you get financial advice from, here are four things to look for when deciding who to get financial advice from: 1.      Competence and Professionalism. The quickest and easiest way to identify their competence and professionalism is their industry designations. This tells you if they have taken the time and spent […]

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The “Untaxable Wealth” System – Uncover the Facts

Over the last couple weeks, I have been speaking about the Untaxable Wealth system. You may be asking yourself how this is different from other programs? • Provides more tax-free income • Employer sponsored Tax-Free Strategies—Provides tax deductible solutions that are tax neutral for business owners and individuals • Provides solutions that can generate significant […]

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There are many pieces to your money puzzle. An Un-taxable Wealth System should be one.

The Un-taxable Wealth System

Have you noticed all the headlines recently about taxes going up? Property taxes going up between 3-8% depending on where you live. On April 1st the carbon tax is increasing, making gasoline and home heating more expensive. The alcohol tax is going up, and there is a new tax on luxury cars and boats. In […]

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