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The money podcast for people who have better things to do than worry and want to get ready to do them

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Knowing how it works, even if you aren’t old enough to get it, is going to be relevant to you someday, I can almost guarantee it.

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November 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Isn’t it important to know where your money is going and when you can expect it back?

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10: The Canada Pension Plan — Sandi Martin
The Canada Pension Plan, or CPP, has been around for sixty years, but most of us don’t think much about it except when we notice it on our paycheques, or have to pay it all at once on our self-employe...
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October 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
For lots of people, CPP is a major piece of their income pie when they stop working. It might be for you too. It’s also a payment you have to make with every paycheque, or - if you’re self-employed - in addition to your income tax at the end of the year.
October 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
1. When you’ll get it
2. How much you’ll get
3. Whether it’s going to increase with the cost of living
4. What happens if you leave your job before you retire

Find out where to get all this information (and who to talk to if you can’t) in today’s episode.

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07: Understanding Your Defined Benefit Pension Plan — Sandi Martin
If you’re one of those few, those happy few with a defined benefit pension plan, let’s talk about the four most important questions you might want to know the answers to: when you’ll get it, how much ...
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September 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Investing in your community is more than just an insurance policy against dealing with a bad situation on your own, though: it’s also a great way to build a better world, one block at a time.

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06: Investing In Community — Sandi Martin
The evidence is in: when disaster hits, your first responders are probably not going to be actual first responders. They’re going to be your neighbours. Investing in your community is more than just a...
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August 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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August 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
When you give your money to someone in the hopes that it will create new money, it’s a good idea to know what you’re investing in. In today’s episode, we’ll take a little trip through investing 101 and the first steps you need to take to understand what you own and what you should expect from it.
August 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Episode Three: Registered Education Savings Plans

Wherein I make a joke that is very funny to six people who live on my street. Oh, and also talk about free education money for families with lower income, etc.

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July 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Episode Two: Your Service Canada Account

Thankfully for such a very critical portal to a bunch of necessary information, there's a very analog version of the Service Canada Account.

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July 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Episode One: Your CRA Account.

Is it necessary for your day to day living? No, probably not. Will it take a little while to get set up? Yep, it's the government after all. Is it worth it? You betcha.
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July 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"In a world that doesn’t stop, choosing to pause may be the most radical and restorative decision we make."

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July 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
""To budget for rest, both financially and emotionally, is not to retreat from life, but to step more fully into it. It’s an act of care for our bodies, a reclaiming of our agency, and a quiet expression of gratitude for the lives we already have."
July 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM