Good article but here are some additional thoughts and corrections:  My wife has the RIF but I help her with it.  It is self directed and holds only equities.  The RRSP converted on 1 Jan 2002 with a total of $162,830-, about 15 years ago and at end of Dec 2016 it had $205,406-, after withdrawing over the years about $230K.  I had a beginning chart, of what % amount had to be taken out each year and we withdraw at year end.  Correction from article,  you can't "put anything" into RIF but a better word would be "hold" within RIF.  Our chart used to show minimum withdrawal at 69 of 4.61%, then changed to 7.38% at 71, then recently changed to 5.38%, progressing each year.   We're now at 8.51%.
Our objective is to make an amount in dividends to cover the total withdrawal each year and we do.  For withdrawal, you can transfer out stocks, ETFs and pay any fees outside of the RIF.  We have a non registered acct and TFSA to transfer into.  Charts and most info are available on the internet.