The Relocation Coach » finance http://www.relocation2bc.com/blog advice, thoughts and information from those who've moved to British Columbia, Canada Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:38:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 How to survive Canadian tax season http://www.relocation2bc.com/blog/2010/04/canadiantaxseason/ http://www.relocation2bc.com/blog/2010/04/canadiantaxseason/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:06:00 +0000 Frank http://www.relocation2bc.com/blog/?p=658

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If you are like me, then paying your taxes must rank right up there with root canal work as one of your least favourite things. I am not going to kid you that it is any better in Canada than anywhere else. Whatever else Canada has going for it, a simple [...]]]> http://www.relocation2bc.com/blog/2010/04/canadiantaxseason/feed/ 2 Currency for expats http://www.relocation2bc.com/blog/2009/05/currency-for-expats/ http://www.relocation2bc.com/blog/2009/05/currency-for-expats/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 20:17:29 +0000 Frank http://www.relocation2bc.com/blog/?p=390 I came across the following in an Expat Telegraph article called “Can you afford your dream country?”

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Currency fluctuation has increased the cost of living in Canada by only 3 per cent in the last six months, the smallest change of all expat hot spots.

With sterling strengthening against the Canadian dollar, British expats living there [...]]]> http://www.relocation2bc.com/blog/2009/05/currency-for-expats/feed/ 0 Bank of Canada reduces rate by half percent http://www.relocation2bc.com/blog/2009/03/bank-of-canada-reduces-rate-by-half-percent/ http://www.relocation2bc.com/blog/2009/03/bank-of-canada-reduces-rate-by-half-percent/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:11:41 +0000 Frank http://www.relocation2bc.com/blog/?p=245 Today, the Bank of Canada today announced that it is lowering its target for the overnight rate by one-half of a percentage point to 1/2 per cent in what is expected to be the last such conventional easing from the Bank.

This aggressive move by the Bank of Canada stems from the continued presence of the [...]]]> http://www.relocation2bc.com/blog/2009/03/bank-of-canada-reduces-rate-by-half-percent/feed/ 0