January 26, 2015

Retirement and You (PART II) - by Louis Erlichman

II Beyond the poverty line   In the first part of this series, we talked about how universal public benefits do a reasonable job of bringing most Canadian seniors into the vicinity of the poverty line.  But do they allow you to maintain your standard living, if you were above the poverty line when you were working?   If you were earning $60,000 a year before you retired, then $22,000,