Almost 90,000 seniors facing Guaranteed Income Supplement cut for accepting pandemic benefits – CBC.ca, November 5, 2021
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cerb-cra-gis-payment-clawback-1.6237311
Peter Zimonjic examines how “Low income seniors who received the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) are seeing their Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) payments clawed back as a result.”
How to say no to adult children who ask for money – Globe and Mail, November 2, 2021
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article-how-to-say-no-to-adult-children-who-ask-for-money/
Gillian Livingston examines when parents giving their children large cash gifts “puts parents’ retirement and financial security at risk”.
Rick Steves on the Return of Travel and Why It Matters – New York Times, October 30 , 2021
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/30/travel/rick-steves-europe-tours.html
Paige McClanahan chats with Rick Steeves about how his company’s trips to Europe “are set to resume in February after a nearly two-year pandemic hiatus” and the return to travel in general.
Are we behind on our retirement savings? – Financial Post, October 28, 2021
https://financialpost.com/personal-finance/retirement/are-we-behind-on-our-retirement-savings
A video with Larysa Harapyn – “Personal finance educator Kelley Keehn speaks with Financial Post’s Larysa Harapyn about whether we are behind on our retirement savings.”
Hundreds of thousands of snowbirds expected to flock south after spending last winter hibernating – CBC.ca, October 31, 2021
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-snowbirds-u-s-winter-hibernating-1.6223569
Sophia Harris writes about the approaching exodus of snowbirds down to their winter holes. My attention was drawn to this article because friends of mine were seriously contemplating hiring a helicopter to take them across the border. Fortunately, things have gotten a whole lot easier for people to go south.
