Calling all people with disabilities and their families!
Family Talks is a PLAN (Planned Lifetime Advocay Network) project which has as its goals: to identify what people’s main priorities and top concerns are for people with disabilities and their families to share information and knowledge by engaging...
site migration in the next couple weeks
I’ve been asked to let you know that PLAN is migrating the blog onto a redesigned www.rdsp.com at some point in the next couple of weeks. Our technology experts are working hard to make this migration seamless but want...
HRSDC seeks participants for a discussion in Vancouver (September 1st)
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada is holding two discussion groups about communication materials the government is developing that will provide information about services for eligible Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) applicants. They are seeking parents and legal guardians...
Being disabled does not mean living in poverty – planning for my son’s future
By Matthew Quetton, CEO, PLAN Truthfully, I am terrible with money; great at spending it, terrible at saving it. When I met with a financial planner for the first time last year I realized just how much I was...
Transfers to another financial institution – download form
People continue to ask us about transfering their RDSP to another financial institution. We provided an update in January and promised to post the “transfer form” when it became available. The transfer form was completed in May – one...
Announcing our new “Step-by-Step” guide – Free Download!
PLAN’s new Step by Step Guide (to becoming eligible, opening and managing your Registered Disability Savings Plan) is available now for free download. Just click on the following link: Step-by-Step Guide With support from the Investor Education Fund, the guide...
Payments – Our latest explanation!
Hopefully you don’t go to sleep at night wondering how to explain payments from RDSPs. We do!!! It would be easy to take the attitude – “It’s complicated. I’ll learn it when I need to.” At PLAN, we don’t...
Free RDSP Information Sessions – BC, Alberta, Ontario
We are continuing to find that many people still haven’t heard about the RDSP, aren’t aware of the benefits (EVEN IF THEY CAN’T CONTRIBUTE!), or don’t know how it works or how to set one up. With a number...
Government of Canada Launches RDSP Advertising Campaign
If you would like easy to understand information on the new Registered Disability Savings Plan please visit www.rdsp.com. The Government of Canda recently began its first wave of advertising around the Registered Disability Savings Plan. The advertising campaign has...
Royal Bank of Canada is now offering RDSPs to Canadians!
Starting this morning, RBC began offering RDSPs to Canadians from across the country. If you would like to view more information on RBC’s launch of the RDSP you can visit www.rbc.com/rdsp, or the french equivalent www.rbc.com/reei. RBC will be offering...