Opportunity: Canadian Dollar Stabilizes, Somewhat

Things have started to turn around for the Canadian dollar in the second quarter of 2025. It hit a 22 year low in January of 2025. Investors and property owners, who have been swooning at the high burn rate in their travel plans and property maintenance abroad, may wish to consider recent more positive trends and consider some risk mitigation opportunities now that the dollar is stabilizing somewhat.  

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As Canadians face both soaring temperatures and a summer of rising prices, there is another hot issue emerging: tax debt. Of the 28 million returns filed as of June 13, just over 7 million of them had an average tax debt $6,739.  With the proprietorship deadline of June 15 ending last week, this tax debt – and the number who owe it could increase. It’s the first type of debt to pay attention to.  Here’s why:

Taxpayers in Canada who have a severe and prolonged impairment of physical or mental function will qualify for the disability amount if they get their doctor (or nurse practitioner) to attest to that on Form T2201 Disability Tax Credit Certificate, sent the completed form to CRA and CRA approves the claim based on the T2201. The April 2022 Federal Budget introduced a number of changes to the criteria for eligibility for the credit, but these will only be available once the legislation (included in Bill C-19) receives Royal Assent. This is imminent at the time of writing. Here are the details:

After spending close to $12 million to reform government processes and rollout new federal disability programming, the government reintroduced legislation to create the New Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) on June 2.  It is meant for those under age 65, but it is unclear when this new income-tested source will actually be in the hands of the disabled and in what amounts. Here is what we know so far:

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Most advisors know how difficult it is to discuss financial matters when there are other issues in the family:  conflict, disability or financial worry. Imagine this barrier:  how to unlock the deep moral injury young people feel about the institutional and generational betrayal of their mindset; in particular, their significant distress about the enormous existential threat they face in their future.  Learn more about why this matters in tax and financial planning with Dr. Britt Wray at DAC Acuity 2022 in Niagara Falls, October 16-18.