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Every March, the Canadian government holds Fraud Prevention Month. It is a public awareness campaign that educates people about fraud and encourages them to recognize, reject and report it. The Competition Bureau works with other organizations such as the Canadian Anti-Fraud Center and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in fighting against deceit, whether online or offline. In this episode, I’m sharing some signs of frauds and scams and some ways fraudsters can trick you. I’m also sharing some reminders on

Hilda Gan is an HR specialist, mentor, entrepreneur, and the Founder and Chief People Officer of People Bright Consulting where she combines her knowledge of human resources with business acumen and experience as a business owner. Prior to establishing this new venture, Hilda and her husband built an award-winning transportation engineering consulting company that grew from a staff of two people to 125 working in seven offices across Canada. It gained numerous awards including Top 10 in the 50 Best

As the President and CEO of the Canadian Bankers Association (CBA), Neil Parmenter plays a primary role in the development of Canada’s public policy concerning financial services that contributes to a sound, successful banking system that benefits Canadians and Canada’s economy. Prior to working with CBA, he was the Senior Vice President and the Chief Communications Officer at TD Bank Group where he led and advised senior management regarding issues in communications, government relations, and public affairs. With 25 years

  In her commitment to helping entrepreneurs grow their business, Sharon Connolly leads a team as the Vice President of Financing and Consulting at Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC). With her financing experience of more than 20 years, Sharon serves as the regional sponsor for BDC’s Women Initiative Program where she provides financing and consulting services to women-owned businesses and women entrepreneurs. Sharon joins me today to share a number of business financing tips and the basics that every

I started my RRSP (Registered Retirement Savings Plan) at the age of 18 with a contribution of $25 per month – $300 a year! My parents were insistent that my budget, even while I was a student, include this long-term savings component so that my savings would benefit from compound interest. You may remember we talked about compound interest in prior episodes and it means the addition of interest to the principal of a deposit ? interest on interest. This

Gordon Stein is the Senior Vice President of Global Sales at Pronto Forms, a leading workflow automation company. Prior to his current role, he headed the Enterprise, Education & Technical Consulting teams and lead the Apple IBM Partnership for Apple Canada.  He has served on the Dean’s Advisory Council of the Engineering Faculty of Western University and is a former Governor of the Crescent School as well as the Western University Alumni Association. Gordon is the author of Cashflow Cookbook,