Calm Money Coach

Financial literacy, tax strategies and investing for Canadian wealth building AI summary

Brian Orlando Visit website › Business · EN · 46 episodes · latest 2026-11-13

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Money, markets, and mindset with CPA Brian Orlando. Helping Canadians build wealth through financial literacy, tax strategies, and smart investing, while exploring macro trends, business stories, fitness, and mental health. Because real wealth is more than just your portfolio.

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Latest episodes

  1. 2026-11-13 · 6 min

    People who switched jobs in Canada got about 6 percent this past year, double the raise of people who stayed (ADP, October 2026). Danielle in Calgary got a 6 percent offer, and a smaller RRSP match took back most of…

  2. 2026-11-12 · 23 min

    What insurance do you actually need in Canada, and when? I follow 1 couple, Leah and Marc, from 27 to 70, and ran them through my insurance and retirement apps at each stage.Starting out, your future paycheque is the…

  3. 2026-11-11 · 6 min

    Canadians reported losing $351 million to fake investments in 2025, half of all reported fraud losses. And it happens to smart, careful people.First, 1 example family in Laval, Quebec, and the tell for each scam: free…

  4. 2026-11-09 · 6 min

    In Canada, an RRSP or RRIF can lose close to half to tax in the year you die. For a couple, that tax can wait until the second death, and the forms decide how easy that is.First, Carol in Ottawa, 2 weeks after the…

  5. 2026-11-08 · 11 min

    Four videos on the money the government sends you, and the ways people lose some of it.The OAS clawback, which only looks at 1 line on your return: line 23400, starting at $95,323 of income for 2026. The Canada Child…

  6. 2026-11-06 · 4 min

    The federal budget wants to merge your RRSP and RRIF into one account, an "RRSP for life." No forced switch at 71. Minimum withdrawals after 71 stay the same. It's still a proposal: comments are open until 8 January…

  7. 2026-11-01 · 14 min

    Five videos on investing simply, in one place.Since 1926, about 4% of US stocks created all of the market's net wealth, and more than half lost to a GIC. Over the last decade, 95% of Canadian equity funds lost to a…

  8. 2026-10-31 · 8 min

    Harry Potter lost his parents as a baby, found a vault of gold at 11 and inherited a house at 15. Each one is a real estate planning question in Canada. I'm Brian, a Canadian CPA, and I walk through what happens to a…

  9. 2026-10-30 · 10 min

    40 with nothing saved for retirement? You've got about 25 earning years left and a pension floor that's already building. A 2025 HOOPP study found 39% of Canadians have never saved for retirement, so you're in good…

  10. 2026-10-28 · 5 min

    Why do Canadians pay property tax every year on a home they've already paid for, and what are you actually paying for when you buy a brand new one?Part 1: property tax is one of our oldest taxes. Upper Canada's first…

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Oldest episode in feed
02/2026
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13 min
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Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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