Retirement planning in plain English.

Retiring Canada helps Canadians at or near retirement understand the strategies that matter most so they can retire with confidence.

80+ episodes, confidence you can keep

Real retirement planning, broken down simply. Not RRSP versus TFSA for the hundredth time. The stuff that moves the needle when you’ve got real money on the line.

Episode 89

Fall Tax Planning for Retirees in 2026 (EP 89)

Learn more about the Fundamental Retirement Plan: https://www.fundamentalwealth.ca/get-startedFall is one of the most important times of the year for retirement tax planning. With only
Episode 88

4 Signs You’ve Found the Right Financial Advisor (EP 88)

Learn more about the Fundamental Retirement Plan: https://www.fundamentalwealth.ca/get-started Choosing a financial advisor is about far more than comparing investment performance or management fees. The

Episode 87

Retirement Isn’t the Finish Line (EP 87)

Learn more about the Fundamental Retirement Plan: https://www.fundamentalwealth.ca/get-started Many Canadians spend decades preparing financially for retirement but give very little thought to what life

Two kinds of people tend to find us.

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You’ve managed your money for years. You’re not lost. But you worry about how your spouse will adapt to their new financial reality when you’re gone. You decide it’s time for a specialist who goes deeper. Someone you can build a relationship with.

You already have an advisor. But lately you’ve started to wonder whether you’re getting your money’s worth. Now you’re asking yourself: Are there strategies we should be implementing?
It’s time to work with a retirement planning specialist who understands how to help you make the most of your retirement.

Neither one? No problem.

Stay for the podcast and free guides. Take what helps. If we’re not a fit, that’s okay. Either way, you’re in the right place to make sense of retirement.

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A complete retirement plan has five moving parts, coordinated so they support each other and adapt as your life changes. That’s the Fundamental Retirement Plan, and it’s what my team and I build for every client.

Investments

A portfolio built to pay you in retirement, not just to grow. Now that you’re living off your savings, it’s tuned for steady income, so a rough market never puts your paycheque at risk.

Income

Your savings turned into a reliable paycheque you can count on. Drawn from the right accounts in the right order, so the money lasts and shows up like clockwork, month after month.

Tax

Your tax planned across the decades ahead, not just this year’s return. Coordinated with how and when you draw income, so more of what you’ve built stays with you and your family.

Health care

Your tax planned across the decades ahead, not just this year’s return. Coordinated with how and when you draw income, so more of what you’ve built stays with you and your family.

Estate

What you’ve built goes where you want, the way you want. Your documents kept current and matched to your wishes, so the people you love are looked after and nothing’s left to chance.

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Hi, I'm Michael,

I'm a Certified Financial Planning Professional and a Senior Investment Advisor with Fundamental Wealth of Harbourfront Wealth Management, and I do one thing: retirement.

It started in 2009, when I sat in on my parents’ bank meeting to give them a second opinion. I watched their advisor reach for the best mutual fund while their real questions went unanswered. That was the day I knew the kind of advisor I wanted to be. I don’t do this alone, either. There’s a team behind every plan.

Michael Isbister, CFP®, CIM®, CLU®

HOST OF RETIRING CANADA / SENIOR INVESTMENT ADVISOR

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