Retirement Income Security Posts

Canadians support increasing CPP benefits, poll finds

May 4, 2015

This article was published in The Globe and Mail on May 4, 2015.  Click here to read this and other related ...

CARP Financial Issues/RRSP Poll Report

March 12, 2015

Key Findings   March 5, 2015: Almost all members have tax-sheltered savings, split equally between RRSPs and RRIFs, ...

Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security benefit rates effective January 1, 2015

January 14, 2015

Employment and Social Development Canada's Release on CPP and OAS Benefit Rates Effective January 1st, ...

CARP Financial Issues Poll Report

December 9, 2014

Key Findings: Most members think the promised budget surplus should be used to pay the national debt, while many ...

CARP ORPP Poll Report

November 10, 2014

Key Findings Only about one half of members are familiar with PRPPs and few agree they are a good solution to ...

Despite OAS eligibility shift, record expenditures by 2033: Chief Actuary

September 10, 2014

Editor's Note: On August 29th, 2014 iPolitics published a story about the new Parliamentary Budget Officer's latest ...

CARP Pre-budget submission

August 6, 2014

      "Fight Seniors’ Poverty, Eliminate RRIFs, Jobs for Older Workers and Better ...

The CARP Poll Report: RRIF Poll

July 30, 2014

Key Findings - RRIFs July 29, 2014: While the strong majority of members have (or will have) RRIFs, more than half are ...

CARP LGBT/RRIF Poll Report

July 15, 2014

Key Findings - LGBT Seniors July 14, 2014: CARP members identify as LGBT at the same rate as the general populace ...

CARP’s Targeted Benefits Pension Poll Report

May 16, 2014

Key Findings May 16, 2014: The vast majority of CARP members have pensions, two thirds are DB plans and just less than ...