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Summary: retirement was a must. The survey also found that a third of the retired people it contacted had debt, with the average debt load at $35,000. One in seven had debts of more than $100,000. We seem to be observing an emerging mind-set where many Canadians do not see the need to retire their debt before they themselves retire from work, said RBC Asset Management vice-president

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