Provincial Ministers responsible for Disability Income Assistance – Contacts List

Many people have been asking us who they should contact in their provinces if they have more questions on the Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP). If you are unsure of your provincial government’s plans for the Registered Disability Savings...

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Ontario Update

MPP Sylvia Jones pushes for provincial welfare changes to accommodate the RDSP in Ontario for people with disabilities. See below for article as found in the Orangeville Citizen: Jones Bill Would Preserve Disability Benefits Dufferin-Caledon MPP Sylvia Jones says...

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RDSP Regulations are Published

Yesterday the Regulations for the Registered Disability Savings Plan were published in Part 2 of the Canada Gazette (p.16-20). As expected there were not a lot of changes following the consultations held by the federal government in Ottawa, Montreal,...

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RDSP and Trusts

Make sure to take a look at the A Primer on Special Needs blog for a really interesting post on the RDSP and trusts. Michelle Morgan Coole, a really savvy legal analyst from Nova Scotia argues that the RDSP,...

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RDSP creating momentum abroad

Here’s an interesting piece from the Washington Post on possible versions of the RDSP being drafted in the US. Equity for the Disabled Tax-free savings accounts shouldn’t be reserved for children with college in their future. Friday, June 13,...

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Federal Update

We have been getting a lot of questions concerning the status of the RDSP lately, so I will give everyone a quick update. The RDSP will become available in December of this year. Currently the Federal Government is working...

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Recent Community Living Ontario RDSP Articles

PLAN hopeful investment in RDSPs could reduce poverty for people who have a disability Friday, May 30, 2008 — Natalie Miller While disability coincides with poverty for many people, a British Columbia-based advocacy group sees an opportunity to break...

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Tell us what you will do with your RDSP

“What are people going to do with all that money?” Someone asked the question at a recent presentation when we were reviewing one of our scenarios. They realized immediately what the question meant. They were no longer bound to...

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RDSP, RESP, and RRSP – A Comparison

When looking at the RDSP we have found it helpful to compare it to the Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) and Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP). As the RRSP and RESP have been around for a long time, people...

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The Importance of Relationships

The well-being of vulnerable people stands on two pillars: social and financial well-being. We’ve always known this at PLAN and you can get lots of information from our websites: www.plan.ca and www.planinstitute.ca. Working around financial well-being reinforces the importance...

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