Dear Rubi

Special Episode COVID-19 Weekly Update #5

This week Rubina and Beau break down new emergency relief announced for students, small business and commercial property owners. As well new numbers show at least a third of Canadians may be out of work due to covid 19.

Special Episode COVID-19 Weekly Update #4

This week Rubina and Beau discuss updates to the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), ways to survive with no emergency money, and, the cost of keeping a big city (like Toronto) shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Special Episode COVID-19 Weekly Update #3

This week Rubina and Beau discuss the recent labour force survey for March 2020, how to save money on your car insurance, and, the reduction of interest rates and payment deferrals for credit cards during the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Special Episode COVID-19 Weekly Update #2

For the second episode of the special COVID-19 weekly series, Dear Rubi host Rubina Ahmed-Haq and co-host Beau Humphreys discuss how ‘working from home’ is a privileged position. Most low income work has to be done in person, so again the poor suffer more. We’re not all in this together. We are all ‘in this’ differently.

Special Episode COVID-19 Weekly Update #1

Dear Rubi host Rubina Ahmed-Haq and co-host Beau Humphreys are back in the studio to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and how it is affecting the personal finances of Canadians.

 

Episode 3

Dear Rubi hosts tackles some of the most popular personal finance question on Reddit. Credit card debt, money issues with family and many more.

 

Episode 2

We often hear that ‘cash is king’. But not when you’re carrying multiple currencies around in your wallet because you’re scared someone will steal it. Host Rubina Ahmed-Haq and Beau Humphreys talk to one concerned daughter who wants her mother do the right thing and put her huge stash of cash into the bank.

Episode 1

Hosts Rubina Ahmed-Haq and Beau Humphreys present Dear Rubi to the world. On this first episode of Dear Rubi they tackle an issue many young people deal with today. How to pay for university and manage student debt.