Davos Archives - CARP

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Mulcair’s Letter to CARP about Stephen Harper’s Cuts to Old Age Security

October 19, 2012

October 19th 2012: It was just this past winter, at a conference in Davos, Switzerland, Prime Minister Stephen Harper ...

Marathon House of Commons Voting Session Results in More of the Same

June 15, 2012

In a last ditch effort to see some changes to the most controversial elements of the Federal Government’s large ...

Senate Committee Presentation on Omnibus Bill C-38

June 15, 2012

Thursday June 7, 2012 – CARP presented before the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance on OAS changes in ...

Census: As Canada ages, 65 no longer gateway to the golden years

June 11, 2012

This article was published by The Province on May 29th 2012.  To see this article and other related articles on ...

Omnibus Budget Bill Would Go Down Smoother in Pieces

May 25, 2012

This article was published by The Huffington Post on May 10th 2012.  To see this article and other related articles on ...

CARP’s OAS Poll in the Spotlight

May 25, 2012

From Rabble.ca: "Time for big ideas: Imagine Canada after Harper" Stephen Harper, too, shall pass into history. But ...

Federal Budget 2012: CARP members supporting NDP, not Tories

May 25, 2012

This article was published by The Toronto Star on May 11th 2012.  To see this article and other related articles on ...

Conservative Government Pushes on with Omnibus Bill Despite CARP Opposition

May 25, 2012

May 25, 2012 – It’s no secret that CARP and the vast majority of members oppose changes to the OAS eligibility age. ...

Bill C-38 – Legislative Process Schedule

May 9, 2012

The Conservative government has been acting fast in trying to approve Bill C-38. Last week, on Thursday May 3rd 2012, ...

Hands Off OAS

Member Comments on the Omnibus bill and the OAS

May 9, 2012

CARP was copied on a letter from Walter Kelm, a distinguished lifetime CARP member award recipent, retired government ...