Come live like a local on the North Coast of the Dominican Republic

27/02/2023

03/10/2022

why would you not consider living part time on the sun kissed shoreline of the North Coast DR....From the Fraser Institute – The Canadian Consumer Tax Index tracks the total bill of the average Canadian Family from 1961 to 2021. Including all types of taxes, that bill has increased by 2,440% since 1961. Taxes have grown much more rapidly than any other single expenditure for the average Canadian family. From 1961 expenditures on shelter, clothing and food increased 1,751%, 643% and 790% respectively. The Increase in taxes also greatly outpaced CPI at just 802%. The average Canadian family now spends more on its income taxes (43%), than it does on basic necessities such as food, shelter, and clothing combined. By comparison, 33.5% of the average family’s income went to pay taxes in 1961 while 56.5% went to basic necessities.

21/09/2022

What a interesting read....https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/us/i-thought-we-d-learned-nothing-from-the-pandemic-i-wasn-t-seeing-the-full-picture/ar-AA122cY5?ocid=spartan-dhp-feeds

14/09/2022

Wow..what happened eh!

Good morning! Inflation, market volatility and rising interest rates have made this a tricky year to retire for seniors worldwide, but it’s even more bleak if you’re Canadian. Canada fell out of the top 10 ranking of the best countries for retirement security this year, according to Natixis Inve...

06/09/2022

Living on the North Coast means Ball hockey 2 x week. Imagine the fun of playing with good people, warm days, ocean breezes.

02/09/2022

Interesting reading and why more folks thinking about re-locating as a result....https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/lilley-trudeau-and-freeland-bring-in-luxury-tax-saying-the-rich-don-t-pay-their-fair-share/ar-AA11mAVv?ocid=spartan-dhp-feeds

On Thursday, the Trudeau Liberals brought in a new luxury tax on high-end cars, boats and planes. It’s just their latest attempt to tax Canada into prosperity, which as Churchill said, is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. Since coming to office in 2015, t...

29/08/2022

A Pew Research Center poll released in February found that, like me, 64% of workers feel that working at home makes it easier to balance their professional and personal lives. And I’m fully in the camp of the 44%, who responded that working from home makes them more efficient and allows them to meet deadlines more easily.

23/08/2022

Very Cool Business..https://www.sailcargo.inc/

SAILCARGO INC. is proving the value of clean shipping. We are constructing a zero emission sailing cargo fleet at our green shipyard in Costa Rica and create a network of small producers, resellers and vessels around the world to support our clean ocean cargo.

23/08/2022

This should come as no surprise and yet there are options to build a sustainable balanced future not being fully explored. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/poll-shows-canadians-worried-about-their-finances-cutting-back/ar-AA10XHPH?ocid=spartan-dhp-feeds

Inflation-battered Canadians say they are worried about finances, cutting spending and delaying major purchases, according to a poll. “Fully four-in-five say they have cut spending in recent months by either trimming their discretionary budget, delaying a major purchase, driving less, scaling back...

12/08/2022

“Our greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” – William James

11/08/2022

“Our life is frittered away by detail…..simplify, simplify.” - Thoreau

03/08/2022

More people should think about a global lifestyle and explore the benefits. Leave this nonsense behind. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/a-new-phenomenon-big-investors-eye-canada-s-home-market-remax-president-says/ar-AA10fTus?ocid=spartan-dhp-feeds

Investment firms are buying up U.S. homes — a development that's "just in its infancy" in Canada, but a trend that could make it harder for families to buy homes.

02/08/2022

The growth to destinations like the DR is inevitable. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/the-great-resignation-why-millions-quit-their-jobs-in-2021/ss-AAQTED2?ocid=spartan-dhp-feeds =3

'The Great Resignation' - why millions quit their jobs in 2021

24/06/2022

People ask a lot of questions regarding expats. After reading this nugget of brilliance it should be expected more Canadians will be searching for a new place to call home. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/raymond-j-de-souza-folly-at-the-forks-reimagines-canada-day-right-out-of-existence/ar-AAYQ5be?ocid=spartan-dhp-feeds

16/06/2022

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/other/a-67-year-old-who-un-retired-shares-the-biggest-retirement-challenge-that-no-one-talks-about/ar-AAYuPfl?ocid=spartan-dhp-feeds

13/06/2022

News in Canadian housing is not unexpected.https://www.intelligencer.ca/real-estate/mortgages/canadian-homeowners-feeling-the-pinch-of-rising-rates-manulife-bank-debt-survey #:~:text=More%20than%2020%20per%20cent%20of%20homeowners%20expect,cent%2C%20the%20highest%20it%20has%20been%20since%202019.

Almost one in four say they’ll have to sell if rates climb much higher

12/06/2022

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/savingandinvesting/david-rosenberg-identifying-opportunities-for-income-investors-by-screening-for-dividend-yield/ar-AAYb4t7?ocid=spartan-dhp-feeds&fullscreen=true =1

08/06/2022

Same healthcare problems several provinces over. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/opinion-doctors-moral-injury-shows-need-to-change-sask-health-care/ar-AAYe3VT?ocid=spartan-dhp-feeds

As I write this, the social and psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are still unfolding and I, a physician, am suffering from moral injury. The pandemic has raised doubts about my role as a physician and the structure of health-care funding and delivery in Canada. This term — moral inju...

08/06/2022

Canadian healthcare at its best...https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/former-head-of-cardiac-surgery-in-n-s-details-allegations-of-toxic-workplace/ar-AAYcPQO?ocid=spartan-dhp-feeds

The former head of the cardiac surgery division for the provincial health authority says he was removed from his post without explanation, despite attempts to address a toxic work environment plagued by poor behaviour.

08/06/2022

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/lifestyle/travel/news/millennial-in-atlanta-quits-180-000-job-moves-to-lisbon-you-get-a-lot-of-bang-for-your-buck-here/ar-AAYdXoi?ocid=spartan-dhp-feeds&fromMaestro=true

04/06/2022

Canada's medical system in chaos. What does medical look like in Caribbean? Is it better. Come look but read this first. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/health/medical/opinion-it-is-what-it-is-the-quiet-progressive-death-of-alberta-s-health-care-system/ar-AAY48qH?ocid=spartan-dhp-feeds

In real life, most hospital deaths look nothing like the dramatic accounts portrayed on TV. My patients generally die slowly, bit by bit. Since the pandemic’s start, we’ve worried about the health system’s dramatic collapse but, like my dying patients, we’re witnessing a slower death; a syst...

27/05/2022

Canadians are spending more dollars these days but at the expense of volume. In other words, we are spending more money to buy the same amount of “stuff.” Overall retail spending is up 15% since the start of 2021, while volumes are up just 6.3%. In fact, volumes have been flat since February, even though nominal spending has continued to rise. Not only are higher prices at the store driving this gap, but more expensive necessities like food and gas are eating into budgets.

25/05/2022

AND THERE YOUHAVE IT...https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/other/great-resignation-regret-is-sweeping-the-nation-as-workers-who-quit-for-more-money-quit-again-it-sucks-to-be-miserable/ar-AAXHxom?ocid=spartan-dhp-feeds

19/05/2022

Good morning! Some workers in Canada are growing increasingly disgruntled with their jobs amid a desire for higher salaries and better working conditions, such as flexibility, according to research released this morning. Overall job satisfaction levels have dropped three per cent since 2021, and fal...

10/05/2022

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/markets/the-great-resignation-has-changed-the-workplace-for-good-we-re-not-going-back-says-the-expert-who-coined-the-term/ar-AAX74R8?ocid=spartan-dhp-feeds

06/05/2022

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/matthew-lau-even-before-inflation-canada-was-expensive-thank-you-governments/ar-AAWYUQ5?ocid=spartan-dhp-feeds

28/04/2022

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/canada-s-working-age-population-is-older-than-ever-statscan-says/ar-AAWEe1H?ocid=spartan-dhp-feeds

Canada’s working-age population is older than it has ever been, with more than one in five working adults now nearing retirement in a demographic shift that will create significant challenges to the Canadian workforce in the coming decade, according to new census figures released Wednesday.

28/04/2022

Canadians searching for a cost effective retirement will come to the DR. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/canada-faces-record-wave-of-retirements-as-it-grapples-with-historic-labour-shortage/ar-AAWF0CF?ocid=spartan-dhp-feeds

Canada is facing a record wave of retirements as one in five Canadians near the end of their working lives in a country already grappling with labour shortages and historically low unemployment. A Statistics Canada study based on the 2021 census finds that Canada’s working population has never bee...

19/04/2022

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/canadians-seeking-housing-may-want-to-think-outside-the-country/ar-AAWljNH?ocid=spartan-dhp-feeds

Renting is a stigma, pure and simple. You shouldn't feel like a failure by choosing to rent, and you can still buy a home elsewhere to create a source of passive income! The post Canadians Seeking Housing May Want to Think Outside the Country appeared first on The Motley Fool Canada.