Bernard Viau

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Why you should start RESP conversations early

It’s possible that many of your clients’ children do not have RESPs. In 2014, Statistics Canada found that only 48.5% of children had received the Canadian Education Savings Grant (CESG), which is calculated based on contributions made to RESPs. Further, a non-government survey published by the Bank of Montreal in the same year found that […]

By Bernard Viau |October 26, 2017

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