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Our daily blog offers selected news of interest to SmartSAVER’s stakeholders and shines a light on the creative ways that communities are promoting the Canada Learning Bond. Stay up to date, read what others are doing and share your own story.

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We hope our blog will create conversation and support the exchange of ideas.

We’d love to hear from you! Tell us about your CLB promotion or share tips to engage eligible families. Do you have a question for the community? Submit your stories, ideas and questions to info@SmartSAVER.org and we’ll share it on our blog.


KNOW MORE Money! lets families chat with some of Canada’s most financially savvy experts

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Families eligible for the Canada Learning Bond are raising children on incomes of less than $50,000. Their knowledge of, and experience with, financial programs and products might be limited. As a result, they might be missing out on opportunities that could benefit their families or be vulnerable to products that could cost them. As part of SmartSAVER’s commitment to assist families to become more informed financial consumers, we’re introducing a new online speaker series this summer, called Know More Money!

Know More Money! will bring Canada’s best financial thinking to a financially challenged audience, offering tips on saving, spending and investing that are relevant to consumers with no money to spare. The series will be offered in a simple chat room format, allowing participants to get tips and to have their questions answered by our featured expert.

Our June 16th launch event guest is award-winning entrepreneur and author Teresa Cascioli from M is for Money! Teresa will answer participant questions about financial topics, and teaching children about money.

Promote this event among the families you serve and give them the opportunity to chat directly with a recognized financial expert about money issues.  

How to participate

  • Join us at knowmoremoney.ca on June 16th at 7 PM EST.
  • Read our welcome message in the chat box.
  • Log in by selecting “Set your name” in the bottom right hand corner of the chat box.
  • Participate by entering a question in the text box and press ‘Enter’.

Year Round Tax Clinics Can Get CLB Tax Time Toolkit Refills

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Tool - SmartSAVER - Tax Time Post It ENThis past tax season more than 100 community tax clinics, serving tens of thousands of families across Canada, used SmartSAVER’s Tax Time Tools. Using these ‘Important Notice’ Post-It pads, volunteers let parents with Canada Learning Bond (CLB) eligible children know that they could open an RESP and apply for the CLB without paying any fees or making any contributions, or go to SmartSAVER.org to get more information.

Organizations offering tax help year-round can still get Tax Time Post-It pad refills from SmartSAVER to help the families they work with to catch up on completing their outstanding tax returns. This tool also offers organizations a great way to quickly share the CLB message without creating additional work for their volunteers and staff.
SmartSAVER can send a limited number of Tax Time Post-It pad refills to interested community service organizations operating year-round tax clinics. As the Canada Learning Bond is retroactive, it is important to continuously remind families about their access to the years of outstanding grants for their children’s post secondary education.
Email me and I’ll send you some Post-it pads right away!

Joe March, Partnership Manager, SmartSAVER

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