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      <title>How Your CPP, OAS and Social Security Raises Are Calculated — cinder.fi</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>OAS rises 1.4% on October 1. The 2027 Social Security COLA lands October 14. Three government pensions, three completely different indexing formulas — here's the arithmetic behind each, from the primary sources.</description>
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      <title>The 2026 Return Assumptions Professional Planners Use — cinder.fi</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>FP Canada's 2026 Projection Assumption Guidelines trimmed equity return assumptions across the board. Here are the exact numbers planners now use — and how to pressure-test your own plan against them.</description>
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