Christopher Liew, CFA, CFP®

In 2020, only 12 countries offered a digital nomad visa. Today there are over 50, and with one in five Canadians now working from home, I’m getting asked about these … Read more

I hear from a lot of Canadians who say they want to leave Canada, from clients here at Blueprint to friends and family. But most never actually do. Today, I’ll … Read more

Picture this. You left Canada a year ago. Maybe two. Maybe five, maybe ten. But you’re still filing Canadian tax returns. Still reporting worldwide income to the CRA. Still writing … Read more

You’re moving abroad and you’ve got one thing you can’t figure out. Your RRSP. Cash it out? Leave it? Convert it to a RRIF? Bring it with you somehow? At … Read more

Last November, David and Gerilee Kermack drove from Alberta to Arizona. They followed every rule. They still got fingerprinted, charged, and re-registered at the border.  We work with Canadian snowbirds … Read more

The country you’d pick on vacation is rarely the country you should actually move to from Canada. Canadians fall in love with Tuscany on a wine tour, Bali on a … Read more

There’s a TikTok account where a guy compares Canadian real estate to actual castles in Europe. Like, real castles. With moats. Listed for less than a teardown in Vancouver. Canada … Read more

Why are people complaining about earning $100,000 a year in Canada? Scroll any Canadian forum and you’ll find the same complaint. Six-figure earners saying they feel broke. The internet’s reaction? … Read more

What if your retirement worked across three countries instead of one? Climate where you want it. Costs where you want them. Family when you want them.  More Canadians are doing … Read more

“The new Canadian dream is making enough money to leave.” That was the top-liked comment I’ve ever gotten on this channel, from a video about the best countries for Canadians … Read more