CPP enhancement Posts

CARP calls for CPP enhancement in Throne Speech: open letter to Federal Finance Minister Flaherty to accept proposal by PEI Finance Minister Wes Sheridan

October 5, 2013

On Thursday October 3rd 2013, it was reported that PEI Finance Minister Wes Sheridan was publicizing his efforts to ...

Pension Envy

September 6, 2013

Ontario teachers have the world’s best-performing retirement fund. Is it a model for the rest of us? Retirement came ...

Ignore the Dangerous “Do Nothing” and Keep up the Pressure for Pension Reform

September 6, 2013

CARP has been calling for CPP enhancement or the creation of a large, mandatory, pooled retirement savings vehicle ...

Ignore the scare tactics: Canadians can afford retirement

September 6, 2013

There is a growing debate concerning the adequacy of Canada’s pension system to meet the challenge of the impending ...

Wynne-Redford friendship would do wonders for pension reform

August 9, 2013

NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ONT.—The political theatre that drives Canada’s annual show of provincial summitry ...

Council of the Federation Moves Forward

August 9, 2013

Premiers discuss healthcare and pensions at Council of Federation Meeting Senior’s care and retirement security ...

The CARP Poll Report on Pension Reform

June 14, 2013

Key Findings June 14, 2013: Two thirds of CARP members are aware of PRPPs and more than half disagree they are the ...

Provincial Responses to CARP’s December 2012 Open Letter on Pension Reform

June 13, 2013

In advance of the December 2012 meeting of Finance Ministers, CARP wrote an open letter calling for action on the 2010 ...

Top 10 reasons it's time to expand the Canada Pension Plan

May 31, 2013

 This June, Finance Ministers from across Canada will meet to decide whether or not to expand the Canada Pension ...

Pension Reform: Five Years and Countless Elections Later

May 31, 2013

  The core goal of any country’s pension system should be to provide an adequate system for saving for ...