No, you don’t need $1.7-million to retire

About this episode

The episode challenges the notion that one needs millions to retire, featuring young Canadians' perspectives and insights from a financial planner.

Retirement can feel overwhelming when headlines insist you need millions before you can stop working. But is that actually true? In this episode, we hear from young Canadians with very different visions of life after work. Then retirement reporter Meera Raman sits down with financial planner Moira Rose Váně to challenge some of the biggest assumptions about retirement. Together, they explore why so many younger Canadians feel behind before they’ve even begun, and what a more realistic path to retirement can look like.

People in this episode

Guest: Moira Rose Váně

Topics covered

• retirement
• financial planning
• young Canadians
• work-life balance
• assumptions about retirement

Keywords

• retirement
• financial planner
• young Canadians
• work
• money management

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Canada

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