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- 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 »
May 11, 2012
Les Whittington
Reprinted from Toronto Star.
Susan Eng, vice-president of advocacy for CARP, says its members have traditionally leaned toward the Conservatives.
OTTAWA—CARP, the national seniors group, says for the... read more »
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May 10, 2012
Political Gamechanger: Omnibus Bill shakes loose CARP support and puts NDP in the lead for the first time in four years of CARP Polls™
Toronto, ON: CARP members want the Omnibus Bill split and... read more »
The Conservative government has been acting fast in trying to approve Bill C-38. Last week, on Thursday May 3rd 2012, the government announced that it will limit second reading debate to only six more days and is expecting that the bill... read more »
CARP was copied on a letter from Walter Kelm, a distinguished lifetime CARP member award recipent, retired government economist and author of “CARP’s Kelm Papers” – a series written in 2004 to calculate the effect that baby boomers... read more »
This article was published by The National Post on May 8th 2012. To see this article and other related articles on The National Post website, please click here
OTTAWA — The Harper government seems to be having second thoughts about... read more »
May 9, 2012 - Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Conservative Government are declining to split the omnibus Bill C-38 into it’s constituent parts, including changes to OAS, which would allow for further debate. Instead, the government... read more »
May 10, 2012 - Bill C-38, the omnibus budgetary Bill, is being rushed through Parliament with limited debate. Like CARP, many Opposition MPs have voiced concern over the limited time given by the Government to debate the OAS changes before... read more »
Draft legislation to raise the eligibility age for Old Age Security is part of the Omnibus Budget Implementation Bill C-38 speeding through Parliament this week. On Monday, May 14th, Parliament will vote on whether to give it Second... read more »
This article was published by Advisor.ca on May 8th 2012. To see this article and other related articles on the Advisor.ca website, please click here
The Canadian Association of Retired Persons (CARP) is leading the pushback efforts... read more »
