DEADLINE EXTENDED – Study: Savings for Person with Disabilities
Malatest is conducting a survey on behalf of Employment and Social Development Canada about how Canadians with disabilities save for their future. If you are a Canadian with a disability who does not have a Registered Disability Savings Plan,...
New RDSP Project & Partnership
On September 1st, 2016, Plan Institute, Disability Alliance of BC (DABC), and the British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society (BCANDS) launched a new 4-year project partnership called Access RDSP. The project’s mandate is to increase the number of British Columbians who...
Financial planning for children with disabilities is an underused support
JIM LOVE Contributed to The Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, May 24, 2016 5:00AM EDT Last updated Tuesday, May 24, 2016 5:00AM EDT Click here for original Post Jim Love is founder and chief executive officer of Legacy Private...
Get Maximum Benefit out of an RDSP
Jacqueline Power / May 19, 2016 Click here for original post The RDSP encourages people with disabilities and their families to save for the long term without affecting their provincial benefits. The savings plan does not count toward the asset test...
Senate Releases List of Improvement Recommendations on the RDSP
The Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce held a series of community meetings from December 2013 through February 2014 to study the ability of individuals to establish an RDSP with particular emphasis on legal representation, and the ability...
RDSP Research participants needed
The Government of Canada is conducting a study about governmentprograms for persons with disabilities and issues related to saving forthe future.If you or your immediate family member with a disability is in receipt of the federal Disability Tax Credit,...
A powerful tool for disabled people—MoneySense
Money can grow quickly inside a Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP). The chart at right looks at an individual who puts $1,500 annually into an RDSP. (You can also contribute on behalf of a disabled person.) If the person...
Ottawa simplifying RDSP program—Financial Post
Ottawa simplifying RDSP program Garry Marr Mar 29, 2012 – 2:36 PM ET | Last Updated: Mar 29, 2012 4:20 PM ET Ottawa is making some key changes to the Registered Disability Savings Plan which will make it easier to open accounts...
Protecting Disability Benefits—Dustin Marnell, Associate with Horne Coupar
Caregivers providing assistance to persons receiving provincial disability benefits may be unaware that those benefits could be at risk. A person entitled to receive an inheritance or personal settlement may become ineligible for future disability benefits. This article will...