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Pay now, live later
A new poll finds most of us are carrying debt much longer than expected
Toronto Maple Leaf Luke Schenn takes some swipes in the batting cage at the Rogers Centre yesterday. RICK MADONIK/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Trading hockey sticks for baseball bats The key to the whole afternoon was hitting a home run. Not an easy proposition for over a dozen NHLers taking some swings in the Jays batting cage at the Rogers Centre yesterday afternoon. A number of Jays, including Brett Lawrie, JP Arencibia and Jose Bautista were also around. Other NHLers swinging bats included former Leaf Nik Antropov and Leaf sniper Phil Kessel.
If experience is any indication, many Canadians could find themselves in debt years longer than they originally expected, according to a new poll issued yesterday by CIBC. The poll, conducted for CIBC by Harris-Decima, reveals that, on average, Canadians holding some form of debt today feel they will be debt-free by age 55. But the poll also found that only about 35 per cent of Canadians currently in the 55-to-64 age group are actually debt-free. The findings appeared to hold true for all age groups polled. For example, Canadians 25 to 34 on average told the pollsters they expected to be debt-free by age 44. However, the poll found that only 18 per cent of those now in the 45-to-54 age group were, in fact, debt-free. “Being debt-free is a longterm financial goal for many Canadians, and this poll suggests Canadians are actively looking ahead to the stage of life
“The passage of time alone is not enough to achieve the goal of paying down your debt. Canadians with a goal of being debt-free would beneďŹ t from having a realistic plan in place that includes extra payments towards their debt and a strategy to minimize their interest costs.â€? CHRISTINA KRAMER, EXECUTIVE WITH CIBC
they will be in when they successfully pay off all of their debt,� said Christina Kramer, an executive with CIBC. She notes, however, that this disparity between expectations and results suggests that Canadians need to remain focused on a debt repayment strategy. THE CANADIAN PRESS