SEAN SCHNEIDER on ONE THING THE BUDGET GOT RIGHT

One thing the Canadian government seemed to get right in this year's election orientated budget was the increase in RSP allowance first time home buyers are eligible to withdraw for a down payment. Too many hard-working younger generation Canadians are finding it near impossible to save the 10% minimum downpayment required to qualify for even a [...]

A CHANGE IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN HISTORY?

A new satellite cell phone company may be on the cusp of changing human history.  By deploying a new approach using nanosatellites, Ubiquitlink appears poised over the next few years to connect the planet’s whole off-grid population to the Internet. Nanosatellites are tiny 16-pound toaster-sized boxes which are now being built for under $100,000.  As [...]

BENEFITS ARISING FROM EDUCATION HAVE A COST

Generally speaking, the more educated a country’s population, the higher the level of productive output and ultimately the more beneficial the outcome to the country as an economic engine. In Canada, education comes with an ever-increasing price-tag. The average tuition fee for undergraduate programs in Canada reached $5,772 for the 2013-2014 school year — a […]

TEACH YOUR CHILDREN

“You who are on the road must have a code that you can live by” Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young If you talk to many parents about today’s youth and you’ll quickly hear about the culture of entitlement that exists amongst teenage kids of well off families. This is no imaginary problem. Some would say […]

EDUCATION – NOW FREE AND ABOUT TO BE FLIPPED

There’s been a very interesting trend appear within the secondary educational marketplace over the last year – it’s becoming free. It also looks like it’s about to be flipped (on its head) as the existing monopolies that today run higher education either cooperate or are pushed aside. For the history of the world, higher education […]

STUDYING ABROAD IS CHEAPER THAN YOU THINK

It’s funny how once things get positioned in your mind one way and are hard to change. Talk to an older person and chances are they’ll still say that calling long distance is expensive. Things change of course and post secondary education has changed as well – for the better.   Attending University overseas used […]

DON’T AIM FOR YESTERDAY

One of the most dangerous but typically difficult to avoid things is setting your sights on yesterdays high water marks. Whether it’s investing or planning a career, the common but dangerous thing to do is to look at what worked in the past and aim for the same target in the future. This tendency commonly […]

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SCHNEIDER INSURANCE UPDATE

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HOW CANADA BECAME THE CAR THEFT CAPITAL OF THE WORLD

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ADHD AND YOUR MONEY

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Schneider Insurance Update

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SCAMS, SCAMS, SCAMS AND MORE SCAMS

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WHAT CANADA NEEDS TO PROSPER

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At M.A. Schneider Insurance, we believe the saver deserves to be celebrated.

After all, it’s the saver that is conscientious every day to gradually create wealth for all.

That habit not only creates security for them but for their families and for the community as a whole.

We think they sometimes lose sight of how important they are.

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