Press Releases
CARP is a national, non-partisan, non-profit organization committed to advocating for a New Vision of Aging for Canada, social change that will bring financial security, equitable access to health care and freedom from discrimination. CARP seeks to ensure that the marketplace serves the needs and expectations of our generation and provides value-added benefits, products and services to our members. Through our network of chapters across Canada, CARP is dedicated to building a sense of community and shared values among our members in support of CARP’s mission.
Media contact: advocacy@carp.ca 416-363-2277
The CARP family mourns the passing of founder, Lillian Morgenthau, on June 13, 2013; grateful for her pioneering accomplishments
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 14, 2013 Toronto, ON: CARP members will remember Lillian Morgenthau as the person who gave Canadian seniors a strong voice in public discourse. Lillian, and her beloved husband Murray, started CARP at their kitchen table 29 years ago. Over the past three decades, Lillian has shepherded the organization through extraordinary change; … Read more
CARP members call for action on CPP, no more excuses, delays; could cost votes; Finance ministers meet in June
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 3, 2013 Toronto, ON: CARP members reiterate their call for CPP enhancement as promised in June 2010, rejecting PRPPs and government excuses. CARP members want federal finance minister, Jim Flaherty, to agree to CPP enhancement since the provinces legally required to agree have already said they support it. For these CARP members, … Read more
CARP members welcome increased funding and wait times benchmarking for home care services but Ontario budget fails to set bold vision for aging in Ontario.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 2, 2013 Toronto, ON: CARP members welcome the Province’s recommitment to working with Provinces and the Federal Government to enact a modest enhancement of the CPP and the previously announced additions to home care. Members will be disappointed that the 2013 Ontario Budget did not adequately address their other priority concerns – seniors’ poverty, equitable access to … Read more
Election Budget needs bold political leadership – starting with a new vision for aging in Ontario.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2013 Toronto, ON: CARP members will be watching to see whether the 2013 Ontario Budget will address their priority concerns – retirement security, seniors’ poverty, equitable access to affordable drugs and ending discriminatory auto insurance rates. CARP staff will be in the Budget Lockup in Toronto on May 2nd to see first … Read more
Federal Budget addresses home care and palliative care; financial literacy but little else on priority concerns– financial security, reduce seniors’ poverty, access to healthcare, drugs, home care: CARP
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 21, 2013 Toronto, ON: CARP members will be disappointed that the federal budget contained little to address their priority concerns – retirement security, seniors’ poverty and equitable access to healthcare, affordable drugs and home care. The modest measures are still welcome. Any other improvements would have had … Read more
Federal Budget must address jobs crisis for Older Workers, 65+ workers doubled since 2006; unemployment doubled: CARP
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 19, 2013 Federal Budget must address jobs crisis for Older Workers, 65+ workers doubled since 2006; unemployment doubled: CARP Toronto, ON: CARP members will be watching to see if the Federal Budget will make any provision to help older workers get and keep their jobs. Contrary to popular presumptions, seniors are still … Read more
MEDIA ADVISORY: CARP Leadership Forum
Wed March 20th 1:30 – 3 pm EDT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 15, 2013 Toronto, ON: CARP will host a Leadership Forum to hear from five Liberal Leadership candidates on how they would address the priority concerns of CARP members – retirement security, seniors’ poverty and equitable access to healthcare, affordable drugs and home care. CARP Forums provide CARP members with the opportunity to … Read more
Federal Budget must address our retirement future – financial security, reduce seniors’ poverty, access to healthcare, drugs, home care: CARP
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 14, 2013 Toronto, ON: CARP members will be watching to see whether the March 21st federal budget will address their priority concerns – retirement security, seniors’poverty and equitable access to healthcare, affordable drugs and home care. Any improvements would have some immediate impact but would mostly set the stage for the kind of future Canadians can … Read more
CARP’s open letter to Ontario Transport Minister to end outdated licensing protocols that unfairly target older drivers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 26, 2013 CARP calls on Ontario Transport Minister to end outdated licensing protocols that unfairly target older drivers and introduce remedial driver training: open letter Toronto, ON: CARP urges the Ontario Minister of Transportation, Glen Murray, to expedite work in modernizing how it treats older drivers by establishing new policies and protocols … Read more
CARP’s open letter to CRA Minister Gail Shea calls for reversal of income-tax filling policy change
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 31, 2013 Mail out tax returns, let people choose for next year – CRA decision to cease mailing paper tax forms provokes unnecessary anxiety: CARP. Toronto, ON: In an open letter to CRA Minister Gail Shea, CARP asks the agency to reverse recent, inadequately announced changes to income-tax filing policy … Read more
