Landing a Good Financial Planner is Key to Successful Money Management

By: Paul Dalby | The Toronto Star | January 30, 2003

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Rosemary and Dave Johnston are no strangers to hard work.  They log many a 12-hour day running one of Toronto’s most venerable fish and chip shops.

Their lives have always revolved around hand-peeling 2,000 pounds of potatoes, filleting 60 pounds of halibut and baking home-made pies every week.  Then they had two daughters 18 months apart and nothing was ever the same again.

“We become quite anxious because once you have kids, you starting thinking about planning for their future and their education,” says Rosemary.

“I used to say ‘what if’ a lot.  That’s when we decided to go looking for a financial planner.”

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