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You, Me and CPP

For many of us, our Canada Pension Plan will play a meaningful role in our retirement planning. All the same, many Canadians don’t fully understand how it works and the choices we have when we look to start retirement benefits. Read more

You, Me and the CPP – Part 2

Although the CPP retirement pension is usually the centre of attention, it is not the only way you may collect CPP benefits. Although I do want to focus on retirement benefits and things to consider when deciding when to claim them, the lapsed Catholic in me would feel guilty if I didn’t spend some time explaining some of the other ways to get paid by the CPP.

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You, Me and the CPP – Part 1

For many of us, our Canada Pension Plan will play a meaningful role in our retirement planning. All the same, many Canadians don’t fully understand how it works and the choices we have when we look to start retirement benefits. In this article, I will first provide a brief summary of the CPP and some of the changes that have been enacted over the last 15 years to protect its ability to pay out the promised benefits going forward.

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