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We Built a Budget Planner Spreadsheet for Canadian Households — Here's What's Inside

  If you've been reading our RRSP/TFSA/FHSA and household budgeting pieces, you already know the line we keep coming back to: a plan is only as good as your ability to actually track it. So we built something to close that gap. Introducing the Canadian Budget Planner It's an editable spreadsheet — not a course, not a subscription, just a tool you can start using today — built specifically around how Canadian households actually budget. What's inside: Monthly Budget tab — Planned vs. Actual across Housing, Transportation, Debt, Food, Personal and more, with totals and your savings rate calculated automatically RRSP, TFSA and FHSA contributions get their own line — treated as a required part of the budget, not whatever's left over at the end of the month Annual Overview tab — a 12-month view with an auto-updating income-vs-expenses chart and a savings-rate chart, so you can see your trend across the year Just fill in the blue cells — every total, difference, and percen...
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Trump Expands Crime Crackdown: Armed National Guard in D.C., Chicago and Baltimore in Sight

 

                Members of the National Guard stand watch outside of Union Station in the U.S. capital Washington.  


President Donald Trump has authorized National Guard troops patrolling Washington, D.C., to carry weapons, marking a significant escalation in his ongoing crime crackdown. The move comes two weeks after hundreds of unarmed Guard members were deployed to the capital under a declared “crime emergency.”

According to officials, troops will now carry M17 pistols or M4 rifles, with strict orders to use force only as a last resort in response to imminent threats. Trump has credited the deployment with eliminating crime in the city — a claim at odds with official data showing crime rates have been declining for months.

The president has also signaled plans to extend similar measures to other Democratic-led cities, naming Chicago and Baltimore as likely next targets. Pentagon officials have begun preliminary planning for a potential Chicago deployment, though no formal orders have been issued.

Democratic leaders, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, have condemned the proposals, arguing that Trump lacks the authority to send troops into their states without consent. Baltimore officials have also pushed back, noting that the city is experiencing its lowest homicide rate in over 50 years.

The prospect of further deployments has sparked a national debate over federal authority, public safety, and the balance between local governance and presidential power.

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