RDSP allows for long-term savings—Brenda Shanahan—Montreal Gazette
The idea behind the Registered Disability Savings Plan is to enable families and disabled adults to accumulate tax-assisted long-term savings to provide for the disabled adult in their later years. Q: I have a friend who is 37, disabled...
Federal Government Releases Q&A Sheet on RDSP Changes
BUDGET 2012: CHANGES TO THE RDSP QUESTIONS & ANSWERS Please click on the following link to see a brief overview of announced Budget 2012 enhancements to the RDSP, the grant and the bond: BUDGET 2012_Qs & As_EN_Final July 2012 ________...
Review of the RDSP Review—Joel Crocker
The Registered Disability Savings Plan has been a true game changer. For the first time, many with disabilities can grow wealth while not losing the safety net of their provincial disability benefits. The Canadian government was quick to recognize...
Registered Disability Savings Plan News—The Star Online—David Chen
Until now the RDSP was only offered by the big banks. While many parents wanted their own trusted financial advisor to handle their child’s RDSP account along with their other assets, the lack of non-bank RDSP account options prevented...
What affects how much my Registered Disability Savings Plan pays? Globe and Mail
HOW MUCH DO RDSPS PAY? Many people who have a Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) save for many years. Like any other way you invest, what you get depends on a few factors. Top five things that affect what...
The RDSP—Parksville Qualicum Beach News—Jim Grant
First proposed in the March 2007 federal budget, the Registered Disability Savings Plan provides incentive and support for parents wishing to save for the long-term security of children with severe disabilities. The RDSP allows disabled individuals or their parents...
Positive Changes for Registered Disability Savings Plans Proposed in Federal Budget—gailbebee.com
—By Gail Bebee— Lost in the maelstrom of federal budget coverage about raising the Old Age Security qualifying age to 67 were several important changes to Canada’s Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP). Many Canadians are not familiar with this program...
RDSP – Federal Budget 2012: Powerful Program Or Administrative Carnival?—bpmmagazine.com
—By Darren Klorfine— The 2012 Federal Budget announced changes to the Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) as a result of the government’s three-year review of the program. While all of the changes are welcome improvements in how the plan...
Choose carefully when opening investment accounts—parentcentral.ca
—By Alison Griffiths— Imagine shopping for a car. You visit a Toyota dealer where only Camrys and Corollas are available in black, grey or silver with cloth seats. A few days later you discover the Camry actually comes in a...
REVIEW OF THE REGISTERED DISABILITY SAVINGS PLAN—www.actionplan.gc.ca
Economic Action Plan 2012 proposes measures to ensure that Registered Disability Savings Plans continue to meet the needs of Canadians with severe disabilities and their families. In July 2006, the Minister of Finance appointed the Expert Panel on Financial Security for Children...