Only 36.2 per cent out of approximately 466,000 disability tax credit (DTC) eligible Canadians had Registered Disability Savings Plan, according to 2017 Employment and Social Development Canada statistics.   This means the available government incentives for this segment of the population are not being paid out to those who may need it most.   Launched in 2008, a Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) is a...

Prior to COVID-19, a sense of belonging, the experience of being accepted and included by those around you, and its correlation to employee engagement was a top priority for our credit unions. Our rich history of ”community first” lends itself to belonging. Then the pandemic began and a shift ensued: many of us are working remotely and have an increased reliance on technology. More of us are experiencing heightened stress levels, moral fatigue, uncertainty and longer hours. This places an employee’s need for belonging even...