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                                                     PAUL BOURGEAULT

Executive Financial Consultant Paul Bourgeault’s personal mission is to make a significant and meaningful contribution to the lives of clients and the communities he serves. Paul feels blessed and grateful to have a vocation that allows him to do just that. As a recipient of the Miles G. Schiller Community Caring Award in 2015, he’s been recognized for his extraordinary efforts in long-term community service and a commitment to business excell...

                                                              NICKY TRASIAS

“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” This is one of our favourite Warren Buffet quotes, who is notably one of the most successful investors of all time. We have these words right on the home page of our website because it resonates so much with what we do as financial planners,” says Certified Financial Planner®,      Nicky Trasias.

“When you plant an acorn in th...

                       MICHAEL K. SMITH, MANAGING PARTNER, INSIGHT FINANCIAL PARTNERS

Michael K. Smith does not believe a secure retirement is a privilege reserved exclusively for highly-paid executives and senior management. The Managing Partner of Insight Financial Partners is focused on helping working class Americans prepare for their futures.

“To be able to see our clients retire on their own terms, with dignity, is a privilege to experience,” Michael says. “Our firm has a great opportunity to genuinely do well for ourselves by doing good things for others. We embrace that opportunity to h...

                                                                       NEAL OWEN

In every life, certain unexpected moments can occur that instantly change everything. For Neal Owen, one such moment came in the spring of 1974. While his parents were on vacation in Mexico, his mother fell gravely ill. With commercial airlines unwilling to transport her back to Canada, she spent the next six months fighting for her life in hospital there, with Neal’s father by her side.

Only...

                                                           STEVE DOWNEY

“Our thoughts create our reality,” says Rhonda Byrne in her 2006 bestselling self-help book, The Secret. To do more, achieve more, and have more, Byrne encourages us to focus on the end result, or as hockey legend, Wayne Gretzky once said, “Skate to where the puck is going to be…”

Steve Downey is a Financial Consultant at IG Wealth Management and helps clients build, manage, and protect their wealth. “Much like the Gretzky philoso...

                                                       HARLEY MCCORMICK

FINANCIAL ADVISOR Harley McCormick knows that to become a successful investor you need time and dedication. To guide you in creating an all-inclusive life plan that will lead you to the retirement you dream of, his team will show you how to protect yourself and navigate any bumps in the road along the way.

Harley attended college in Winnipeg with a goal to  become an accountant and an interest in pursuing a business-related career. After le...

                                                                BEN MANZO

Financial Consultant, Ben Manzo first made the decision to pursue a career in finance by making a conscious choice to be interested in money. As an only child with parents who grew up in small towns, Ben knew that it would be up to him to develop a financial plan that would work for his family’s needs. Shortly after his birth, his family left the Niagara region to settle in East Toronto where he grew up on the Dan...