Category: Something to Think About

Great New Business Opportunity: Homelessness!

May 14, 2025

Sadly, homelessness as with Drug Addictions and Mental Health is treated as a business by politicians and charitable organizations. Although massive amounts of money are allocated to each “cause” very little of it actually provides any help or support for the afflicted. Rather the money is soaked up by a bloated bureaucracy.

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Canada’s Housing Illusion: Aging Homes, Overvaluation, and the Debt Burden

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May 10, 2025

Canada’s housing illusion is a topic that frequently arises and is a very real challenge for all Canadians.

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The Debt Spiral: How Increasing Debt Fuels Inequality, Inflation, and Economic Instability – Economists are always wrong!

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May 10, 2025

The only way the economy ever gets better is to tax the rich, stabilize interest rates and reduce taxes to break the debt cycle.

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The Debt Matrix in Canada: A System of Perpetual Financial Entrapment

May 6, 2025

Trapped in debt? Canada’s system offers relief—but not escape. Discover how insolvency resets the game without changing the rules.

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Why Selling the House and Renting Might Be the Smarter Move

Tom Locke - Insolvency Trustee in London, Ontario
April 28, 2025

Selling the house is a far better move that continuously adding more debt to the purchase price. Your $650,000 house will cost you millions and you’ll never own it! Stop mortgaging – mortgages serve one purpose to buy a house they should be abused to move debt around.

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The Short-Term Mortgage Problem

Tom Locke - Insolvency Trustee in London, Ontario
April 21, 2025

Mortgages Are Becoming Dangerous—And It’s Time We Face the Consequences

For decades, mortgages were considered the bedrock of homeownership and financial stability. But today’s mortgage system has drifted far from its original intent. Beneath the reassuring language of “equity” and “investment” lies a network of financial practices that are eroding personal security, inflating the housing market beyond reason, and setting the stage for long-term economic harm. If we don’t change course soon, the damage may be impossible to undo.

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Why Monopolistic Tariffs Don’t Help Workers and Hurt the Middle Class

April 5, 2025

Dummying down tariffs, people on both sides of the political spectrum have argued for and against tariffs. The bottom line is they are a ridiculous idea that have never proven any lasting economic benefit – except to the extremely wealthy. Tariffs are always monopolistic by nature and they are economically destructive, forcing up prices, reducing wages and increasing corporate profits.

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Canadians’ Debt Obsession: A Deep Dive Into the Nation’s Financial Woes

April 5, 2025

Canadians have a Debt Obsession that is not going away anytime soon.

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Who Should Consumers Trust for Sound Financial Decisions Related to Credit?

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March 26, 2025

Who should consumers trust for good financial advice? Licensed Insolvency Trustees are probably the most regulated players in entire consume debt industry. Trustees work to help you eliminate or reduce debt – the other players help you get further into debt. Choose wisely!

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Caution: Why Now is Not the Time to Take on More Debt

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March 25, 2025

Debt is not going away, it isn’t even going down, Canada’s debt crisis in widening everyday.

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How did I get in this mess? It’s all about the small stuff!!

March 13, 2025

How did I get in this mess? C’mon, you know the answer you just have to be honest with yourself!

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The Growing Burden: How Canada’s Consumer Debt and Excessive Taxation Are Harming the Middle Class

March 7, 2025

The growing burden of taxation and debt is eroding the social and economic fabric of Canada

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Taxation by Tariff

March 6, 2025

Taxation by Tariff, Environmental Fee, Carbon Contribution, Sewerage Charge, Income Tax, Harmonious Sales Tax, Tariff – a rose by any other name.

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Canadian Income Statistics

January 30, 2025

In Canada, the reporting of income data by Statistics Canada, the national statistical agency, can appear to be politically influenced, with data sometimes presented in ways that may not be immediately clear. While the statistics are publicly available, careful scrutiny of the data is required to understand its sources, meaning, and interpretation.

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Arbitrary Assessments

January 28, 2025

In this blog we will talk about Canada Revenue Agency’s (“CRA”) arbitrary assessments from a perspective of our own investigations into how they are generated, how they are enforced, as well as what options you may have as a taxpayer to resolve them…

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Buying a House

January 6, 2025

Buying a house in Canada’s yet overheated real estate market could lead many purchasers into dire straights.

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Amazon Shopping Warning

Lock Consulting.- Best Business of 2024
January 5, 2025

Amazon shopping warning – shopping on Amazon may be far more costly than you think!

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Don’t believe what you are being told!

November 28, 2024

Don’t believe what you are being told – statistics are always manipulated, that is the whole purpose of them.

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Why do you use credit?

November 24, 2024

Have ever wondered “why do you use credit?” – if you haven’t, you really need to start. One of the most frequently used rationales is “points” – without regard to the additional cost of those points.

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