The survey of 1,500 working Canadians, including 81 per cent full-time workers, found the number who considered themselves financially stressed has jumped by 20 per cent in a year.
With Canadians facing such strain, personal finance expert Rubina Ahmed-Haq says people can consider various options including consolidating debt but also looking at what costs can be cut, including delaying a home renovation or family vacation. (emphasis mine)
Really? Delaying a home renovation or family vacation?
People are having a hard time affording groceries and finding rentals. Many are facing potential homelessness. And a “personal finance expert” is suggesting delaying a fucking home renovation or family vacation?!
This advice is so out of touch I don’t even.
The rest of the article was mostly great, but that paragraph… oof
Plan ahead for what? An early death?
Claim your spot under the underpass before someone else takes it.
First we’d have to get gov’ts to stop building and/or installing anti-homeless structures, like sharp rocks embedded in concrete and benches with handrails inbetween seating.
