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Canadians share money-savvy tips in online contest
Canadian Securities Administrators announces first of two winners
July 12, 2006 - Montreal – “Try to save five dollars every day” is
the simple but effective winning tip in a contest sponsored by the Canadian
Securities Administrators (CSA), designed to get people across the country
to share their good financial habits with each other.
Pamela Shaw of Kitchener, Ontario is
the first winner in the CSA’s This
is your life… for better or for worse campaign to increase public awareness
about the importance of saving and investing. Shaw’s entry was one of
nearly 3000 submitted online at www.thisisyourlife.ca, a website launched by
the CSA in January.
Shaw will receive a new portable DVD player for her winning financial tip.
Until the end of November, Canadians can still enter to win prizes online
by sharing a tip that’s helped them practice healthy financial habits.
Some other useful tips submitted by money-savvy Canadians include:
•
Don’t put money on a credit card that you can’t pay off at the
end of the month.
• Make a budget and stick to it, but always allow for little extras and
big emergencies.
• Set up automatic savings so that you forget about it and it just grows.
•
Contribute to your child’s RESP weekly rather than in a lump sum.
More tips will be featured on the website after the contest closes.
The CSA created This is your life… for better or for worse in response to research showing that major life events motivate people to seek out investment information. The campaign specifically targets people who might be getting married, starting a family, planning retirement or receiving a financial windfall.
“Our message is that no matter where you are in life, it’s important to find different ways to save and invest your money,” said Jean St-Gelais, Chair of the CSA and President and CEO of the Autorité des marchés financiers.
The CSA is the council of the securities regulators of Canada’s provinces and territories whose objectives are to improve, coordinate, and harmonize regulation of Canadian capital markets.
For more information:
Yukon Securities Registry Richard Roberts 867-667-5225 Richard.roberts@gov.yk.ca |
British Columbia Securities Commission Andrew Poon 604-899-6880 1-800-373-6393 (BC & Alberta only) www.bcsc.bc.ca |
Securities Registry Northwest Territories Gary MacDougall 867-920-8984 www.justice.gov.nt.ca/SecuritiesRegistry/SecuritiesRegistry.htm Registrar_SecCorpReg@gov.nt.ca |
Alberta Securities Commission Tamera Van Brundt (403) 297-2664 1-877-355-0585 www.albertasecurities.com tamera.vanbrundt@seccom.ab.ca |
Nunavut Securities Registry Gary Crowe 867-975-6190 GCrowe@gov.nu.ca |
Saskatchewan Financial Services Commission Barbara Shourounis 306-787-5842 www.sfsc.gov.sk.ca bshourounis@sfsc.gov.sk.ca |
Manitoba Securities Commission Ainsley Cunningham 204-945-4733 1-800-655-5244 (Manitoba only) www.msc.gov.mb.ca aicunningh@gov.mb.ca |
Ontario Securities Commission Perry Quinton 416-593-2348 1-877-785-1555 (toll free in Canada) www.investorED.ca pquinton@osc.gov.ca |
Autorité des marchés financiers Frédéric Alberro 514-395-0558, ext. 2176 1-800-361-5072 (Québec only) www.lautorite.qc.ca frederic.alberro@lautorite.qc.ca |
New Brunswick. Securities Commission Natalie Green 506-643-7745 1-866-933-2222 (New Brunswick only) www.nbsc-cvmnb.ca natalie.green@nbsc-cvmnb.ca |
Nova Scotia Securities Commission Chris Pottie 902-424-5393 www.gov.ns.ca/nssc pottiec@gov.ns.ca |
Department of Attorney General Prince Edward Island Mark Gallant 902-368-4552 www.gov.pe.ca/securities mlgallant@gov.mb.ca |
Financial Services Regulation Division Newfoundland and Labrador Doug Connolly 709-729-2594 www.gov.nl.ca/scon connolly@gov.nl.ca |