Canadian Dental Care Plan Renewal Deadline Approaches

Know Your Client!   It’s a daily commitment and requirement, especially in the work that financial advisors do with their clients.   It’s imperative that you ask about any significant changes in their lives. Has there been a significant new event:   a move to take a new job or go to university, a marriage or divorce, a new birth, a disability or a death? And, in the case of income tested benefits such as the Canadian Dental Care Plan, (CDCP) do they qualify?  Did they file their tax return on time to get it?  Do you know the deadlines for doing so?  Do you know when coverage ends if your client now longer qualifies?

A new tax treaty will increase trade and investment between Canada and Hong Kong.

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The global economy is on the road to recovery. In fact, said veteran economist Patricia Croft, a speaker at the opening day of the Distinguished Advisor Conference in Naples, Fla., we are half way there.

Sailing in uncharted waters means taking new approaches and speakers at Day 2 of the Distinguished Advisor Conference advocated a collaborative approach.

The U.S. is fast approaching its “fiscal cliff” and how it resolves that challenge has implications for Canada and the world.