The Hamilton Spectator Series on The Way We Spend

October 27, 2009

For the past six weeks I have been following a multimedia series published in The Hamilton Spectator titled “The Way We Spend” which features four local families dealing with budgeting, cutting back on indulgent spending and saving in a healthy way. This week the Greenways were featured and the credit counsellor they were paired with [...]

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The New Bankruptcy Rules in Hamilton

September 17, 2009

I appeared this morning for a live interview on the morning show on 900 CHML with with Shiona Thompson and Bob Bratina to talk about changes to the personal bankruptcy rules that take effect on September 18, 2009. I always enjoy appearing with Bob and Shiona; they do their research and always ask good questions. [...]

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Using Plastic to Pay Day to Day Expenses

May 27, 2009

My colleague Douglas Hoyes was quoted in the Hamilton Spectator today, in an article on Using Plastic to Pay Daily Expenses. As the economic gets worse, more and more Hamilton residents find themselves using credit cards to buy food, and to put gas in their car.  That leads to high levels of debt.  Doug is [...]

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Job Loss and Bankruptcy in Hamilton

February 9, 2009

As I picked up my copy of the Hamilton Spectator on Saturday, I couldn’t help but notice the big bold number printed on the front page “129,000”. That is the number of jobs lost in Canada during the month of January, and over half of them from Ontario. Since Statistics Canada began compiling data in [...]

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Talking on the Radio about Debt and Christmas

December 3, 2008

I had the pleasure of appearing this morning on the Morning News on AM 900 CHML with Shiona Thompson and Bob Bratina to talk about debt and Christmas.  I gave some Tips on Surviving the Economic Crisis, which included reducing your debt, and staying out of debt. At Christmas time we all want to buy [...]

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