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How Canadians Dug Themselves into Debt

Doug O. Jones | Posted 03.26.2013 | Canada Business
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Doug O. Jones

One may truly feel for our Minister of Finance, as no one likes to talk and be ignored. Yet, this seems to be an experience Mr. Flaherty knows all too well, as the past year he has repeatedly warned Canadians about their increasing personal debt loads, only to have those warnings tuned out.

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Have You Already Busted Your Holiday Budget?

Jeffrey Schwartz | Posted 02.05.2013 | Canada Business
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Jeffrey Schwartz

We have all been there. Two weeks before the winter holidays, three gifts left to buy and zero dollars left in the holiday budget. For many, this is the point where we either stop shopping or cross that thin financial line and set ourselves up for a nasty holiday debt hangover. So, what do you do when the holiday well has run dry and you still have a few gifts left on your shopping list?

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