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Photo by Maxime Doré on Unsplash I would like to thank Canada Life for providing the following synopsis of the Federal Budget.  There are a couple areas that could affect your Employee Benefit Program and your Premium.  These are the two areas I thought were worth mentioning: Extend Employment Insurance sickness benefit – To better support Canadians suffering…

photos were taken by me this spring What is Hope?  Hope - a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. With Spring I find new hope that we are on our way out of this pandemic.  The vaccines are arriving, slowly, but it seems we are making progress. Personally, I want…

Photo by camilo jimenez on Unsplash Am I being a bit dramatic, it is something we will never know.  Anyone who knows me understands that I don't work for Apple and even though I can operate my phone, I wouldn't say I am techy. Earlier this year someone very close to me had a mild heart incident.  I…

Recently, I have been receiving a lot of questions on the price of personal insurance products that people have purchased.  These are great questions, because it gives us the opportunity to revisit why the product was purchased? WHY AND WHAT? Why did you buy the product and What is the product suppose to do for…

I came across this article from Benefits Canada, it mentioned that Bridgestone in the US is offering $100 to each employee who gets the vaccine. The article from Benefits Canada interested me since Tanja Halsall, with Potentia HR, recently completed an article on "Vaccinations, Face Coverings and Employee Engagement? Related?". Would you offer your employees…

Green Shield Canada has put together an article on Gene Therapy and I am happy to share this article with you. "What is gene therapy? To review, gene therapy aims to treat – and ideally cure – a disease by changing the patient’s genetic makeup instead of using drugs or surgery. This could involve: Replacing…

I have had several conversations with Employers about their Employee's Mental Health.  When I go in at renewal or when we have our mid-year review, I ask Employers about an Employee Assistance Program (EAP).  Quite often I hear that their employees are fine and don't really require it. We than review the claims usage and…

Remember the days when we didn't have to think of Face Coverings, 6 Feet, Vaccination, etc???  It seems like a lifetime ago. I was speaking with Human Resources (HR) Specialist Tanja Halsall, the Owner of Potentia HR, and she was helping some of my clients through these questions.  I asked if she could put an…

Thanks again to Green Shield for publishing a great article on Medical Cannibas (MC). I am so confused about this drug. If you read the article it will confirm that there doesn't seem to be enough science behind the drug. Speaking to one scientist who explained that now that it is legal, they are able…