Oct 25, 2014

On today’s show Blair Mantin, a bankruptcy trustee with Sands & Associates, British Columbia’s largest personal insolvency firm, discusses his objections to U.S. based debt settlement companies that take advantage of Canadians.  We discuss legislation in both Ontario and B.C. to curb this practice.

Blair believes...

Oct 18, 2014

Today’s guest is Sue Davey, a credit counsellor with the Family Counselling Centre of Brant, who explains what credit counselling is, and what it costs.

Sue explains the differences between those debt reduction companies you see advertising all the time, and a not for profit credit counselling agency.

She tells us...

Oct 11, 2014

On today’s show we have three guests.  Mike Davies is a financial planners with IPC Investment Corporation in Brantford, and he explains the RESP rules, including how much you can contribute.

In the second segment Barton Goth, a bankruptcy trustee based in Edmonton, Alberta, explains what happens to an RESP if you...

Oct 4, 2014

Jonathan Chevreau’s byline has appeared on the National Post for over 20 years writing about personal finance topics.  As he says in today’s interview:

“To me, debt is something to be dispensed with as soon as possible.”

It's impossible to be financially independent if you are carrying debt.  Eliminating...