April 19th 2012: CARP New Brunswick met with five other senior’s groups, Department of Health Officials and the Minister of Social Development today to discuss the issues that affect the province’s seniors. The seniors groups in attendance collaborated on a submission which they were able to present today during the meeting. Among the topics up […]
Editor’s Note: In April word of changes to the New Brunswick nursing home policy made the rounds and seniors were anxious. In early May 2015 CARP participated in a Q&A session and presentation that was meant to give seniors/voters the opportunity to ask the Ministers responsible for the changes for clarification on the murkier points […]
Editor’s Note: In April word of changes to the New Brunswick nursing home policy made the rounds and seniors were anxious. In early May 2015 CARP participated in Q&A sessions and presentations meant to give seniors the opportunity to ask the Ministers responsible about the changes but those who attended the meetings wanted further clarifications […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 6, 2015 CARP members reject mortgaging home or depleting savings to pay nursing home fees as proposed in New Brunswick: Poll Toronto, ON: CARP members, especially those in New Brunswick, are outraged at the proposal to use means-testing to calculate provincial support for nursing home fees, a change from income testing […]
Editor’s Note: On December 5th, 2012, CARP issued an open letter to Canada’s Finance Ministers calling on them to fulfill their 2010 promise to enhance the CPP and to facilitate PRPPs and implement better safeguards. Click here to get more background via CARP’s news release. Responses are still arriving and we will continue to post […]
Editor’s Note: On December 5th, 2012, CARP issued an open letter to Canada’s Finance Ministers calling on them to fulfill their 2010 promise to enhance the CPP and to facilitate PRPPs and implement better safeguards. Click here to get more background via CARP’s news release. Responses from the Provincial Finance Ministers are now starting to […]
December 20, 2012 – Yesterday, Ms. Susan Eng spoke on the Todd Veinotte Show, based in New Brunswick, about CARP’s response to and position on this week’s Finance Ministers’ meeting on pension reform.. Despite the silver lining that CPP enhancements are still on the table and PRPP shortcomings are still under discussion, CARP was disappointed […]
For the past five years, Wayne and Barb Harrigan of Riverview, New Brunswick have been the volunteer reps in the province for CARP, Canada’s Association for the Fifty-Plus. Over those five years, they have had many opportunities to meet with and speak to seniors. They have kept in touch with the ten thousand CARP members […]
CARP has been fighting for the healthcare of older Canadians since its inception in 1985. Advocating for changes to public policy change and societal attitudes is a marathon, not a sprint. CARP advocates through education, as well as community, media and governmental engagement. You can read about how public policy changes here. We are grateful […]
CARP fights for equitable access to the best available health care, financial security and freedom from ageism. How do we advocate? We listen to members, volunteers, older Canadians. We talk about the issues that matter to older Canadians to the public, the media and the government. And we engage in advocacy campaigns and in governmental […]