MNP Debt Blog

To keep yourself on track for a good financial start to 2016, try creating a detailed budget before you leave your house. Having a plan in hand will help you check things off your list – rather than adding to it!

For a family struggling financially, this can be a difficult time of year as these expenses accumulate rapidly and the family often feels obliged to incur these expenses as a matter of meeting societal expectation.

MNP LTD Trustee Judy Scott was interviewed by The Province to discuss post-holiday debt.

I would like to buy a car for $5000.00 dollars. Will it be taken from due to bankrupcy?

Buy Nothing Day: It’s been described as a movement, a means for people to reclaim control over rampant consumerism, an exercise in financial discipline, a protest.

If I just leave the country for a certain amount of time will all my debts (credit cards, loans, 6 years of unpaid income tax, etc.) just "0" out? If the answer is "no" would I have a problem getting into another country with a fresh bankruptcy on my...

If I have been discharged from bankruptcy will my bankruptcy affect my ability to be bonded for a job?

Is there an alternative to bankruptcy? My income is 945 per month at present-my husband is temporarily out of work(construction) and I am unable to repay a large credit card (lent to my son) .Can a credit card company send your debt to a collection agency?...

Effects of the downturn are becoming clearer as it appears many Albertans relied on savings to offset reduced hours and job losses.

According to a recent Ipsos poll conducted by MNP LTD., Albertans are increasingly worried about their ability to repay their debts.