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Source: Chronicle Herald   February 2, 2012 -The Prime Minister should calm fears that a major pillar of our...
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On January 27, 2012, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said: “We have already taken steps to limit the growth of our...
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  January 27, 2012 – CARP was invited to participate in a roundtable event on Elder Abuse hosted by Alice...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 22, 2011 CARP is disappointed with the Supreme Court decision to disallow National...

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Canadian Healthcare
- CARP proposes an Alternate Vision- Get to Work on Pharmacare, National Home Care and Age-Friendly Health Care Just because the provincial premiers did not get the year long fight they were girding up for doesn’t mean that the health... read more »
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First published by the Globe and Mail on February 2nd 2012.  To see this story and other related stories on the website, please click here Free bus passes for poor seniors in British Columbia never came up during Stephen Harper’s... read more »
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First published by The Sault Star  on February 1st 2012.  To see this story  and other related stories on the The Sault Star website, please click here OTTAWA -- The over-50 crowd takes a dim view of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's... read more »
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First published by the London Free Press on February 2nd 2012.  To see this story and other related stories on the London Free Press website, please click here OTTAWA - The over-50 crowd takes a dim view of Prime Minister Stephen... read more »
First published by Global News on February 1st 2012.  To see this story and other related stories on the Global News website, please click here OTTAWA – Canada’s poorest seniors will lose more than just Old Age Security benefits... read more »
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By Jason Miller, The Intelligencer People nearing retirement or already retired will not be affected by the proposed changes to Old Age Security, said the Minister of State for Seniors. Alice Wong assured a group of Belleville... read more »
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  February 2, 2012 -The Prime Minister should calm fears that a major pillar of our social safety net will be attacked. His announcement in Davos that he’s looking for savings that will make our retirement system... read more »
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On January 27, 2012, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said: “We have already taken steps to limit the growth of our health care spending over that period. We must do the same for our retirement income system. Fortunately, the... read more »
From: Alerte-Info-Alert [PMO] Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 11:46 AM To: Alerte-Info-Alert [PMO] Subject: Old Age Security Old Age Security Media are speculating that the federal Government may make changes to Old Age... read more »
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  January 27th 2012: CARP VP of Advocacy Susan Eng squared off against the Niels Veldhuis, VP of Canadian Policy Research for the Fraser Institute.  Following the PM's recent announcement on the fate of our pension system they... read more »
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