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How to get on the same financial page and avoid debt in your relationship
03/05/2021
Melanie Fuller
Debt Solutions
Lifestyle Debt
How to Calculate and Manage Your Debt (MNP 3 Minute Debt Break Podcast)
28/04/2021
Debt Solutions
No matter the size of your debt there are basically only two ways to deal with it; calculating it and managing it down. Listen for tips on how to do both and help avoid the never ending feeling of debt!
Read More arrow_forwardWhat is a debt management program and is it better than Bankruptcy?
22/04/2021
Michelle Scheller
Alternatives to Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy
Consumer Proposal
For many people, the stress and uncertainty surrounding the pandemic has only served to compound existing financial difficulties. Loss of income and rising debt loads are adding to the stress and forcing individuals to look at options they never thought...
Read More arrow_forwardCan creditors seize or garnish government retirement benefits?
13/04/2021
Dean Prentice
Lifestyle Debt
Alternatives to Bankruptcy
One of the biggest concerns among indebted pensioners is whether creditors have the right to seize or garnish their Canada Pension Benefits (CPP) and Old Age Security Benefits (OAS).
Read More arrow_forwardWhat Happens If I Don't Pay My Taxes (MNP 3 Minute Debt Break)
12/04/2021
Lifestyle Debt
Debt Solutions
All debt can be overwhelming, but there’s no creditor quite as frightening as the CRA. The bottom line is if you have not filed taxes for several years or your tax debt is severely delinquent, you’re on CRA’s radar.
Read More arrow_forwardMore than half (53%) of Canadians within $200 of financial insolvency; up 10 points since December, reaching a five-year high
08/04/2021
Grant Bazian
MNP Consumer Debt Index
More than half (53%) say they are $200 or less from not being able to meet all of their bills and debt obligations each month, a whopping 10-point jump from December. This includes three in 10 (30%, +7pts) who report they are already insolvent with no...
Read More arrow_forwardNew Brunswickers among six in 10 (58%) Atlantic Canadians within $200 of financial insolvency; up three points since December, reaching a five-year high
08/04/2021
Tara Silliker
MNP Consumer Debt Index
Newfoundlanders among six in 10 (58%) Atlantic Canadians within $200 of financial insolvency; up three points since December, reaching a five-year high
08/04/2021
Greg Gosse
MNP Consumer Debt Index
Six in 10 (59%) Manitoba and Saskatchewan residents within $200 of financial insolvency; up 16 points since December, reaching a five-year high
08/04/2021
Tanya Reynolds
MNP Consumer Debt Index
Six in 10 (59%) say they are $200 or less from not being able to pay all their bills and debt obligations each month — a whopping 16-point jump from December and the highest compared to the other provinces. This includes three in 10 (31%, +10pts)...
Read More arrow_forwardMore than half (53%) of British Columbians within $200 of insolvency; up 14 points since December, reaching a five-year high
08/04/2021
Linda Paul
MNP Consumer Debt Index
