Finances Posts

Retirement or free degrees for the kids: Which comes first?: Mayers

July 7, 2014

One of the great worries for parents is how to balance their needs for retirement with a desire to take care of their ...

Target Benefit Pension Plans -CARP Submission to Finance Canada

June 24, 2014

On June 23, 2014 CARP submitted its recommendations to the Department of Finance on the proposed introduction of Target ...

Financial literacy leaders target seniors in first undertaking

June 22, 2014

It’s been a long time coming. Five years ago, during the midst of the financial crisis, the federal government ...

2014 AGM & What You Need to Know About Retirement Living and Long Term Care

June 7, 2014

Join us for our Annual General Meeting at the Fredericton Shannex Parkland complex. We will recap our past year and ...

We must take action now to secure our financial future

May 8, 2014

For a host of reasons, the majority of Baby Boomers failed to plan adequately for their retirement. Just to make ends ...

Pension problem has no one-size-fits-all answer

April 29, 2014

Canadas pension problem is complicated and there isnt a one-size-fits-all solution, experts heard at a conference in ...

CARP questions online tax filing: Affordability and accessibility are key concerns

March 11, 2014

The Huffington Post's Cleo Hamel recently wrote an article on online tax filing. As part of her article Ms. Hamel ...

CARP Submission to the Department of Finance: Strengthening Canada’s Financial Consumer Protection Framework

February 28, 2014

CARP submitted its recommendations to the Department of Finance on strengthening Canada's Financial Consumer ...

Majority of Seniors Living at Home, StatsCan Study Reveals

February 27, 2014

New figures from Statistics Canada show that 92 percent of all seniors aged 65 and older are living at home, while ...