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Susan Eng on Goldhawk Fights Back urging governments to retrofit all nursing homes with sprinkler systems

January 16, 2015

Susan Eng, Vice-President of Advocacy at CARP, is sending and open letter to political leaders in Canada telling them ...

Help Prevent Another L’Isle Verte Tragedy, Seniors’ Advocacy Group Urges

January 15, 2015

Click here to read full article published on January 15, 2015 in the Epoch Times.  The seniors’ advocacy group ...

Province of Alberta accused of dragging feet on fire safety at seniors’ facilities

July 31, 2014

Editor’s Note: On July 31st, the Calgary Herald published an excellent piece of investigative journalism that ...

Sudden shutdown of N.S. nursing home raises questions about seniors' safety

February 21, 2014

The shutdown of a private nursing home is raising questions about the safety of Nova Scotia seniors. Fire officials ...

Apathy and Systemic Abuse of Seniors

February 15, 2014

As a cohesive social unit, our virtue is not measured in our treatment of the most powerful among us. If it ...

CARP Fire Safety/Public Health/Reform Bill Poll Report

February 8, 2014

Key Findings - Fire Safety February 7, 2013: Members agree overwhelmingly that fire codes must demand all seniors ...

Ontario not doing enough to protect seniors from fires

February 3, 2014

TORONTO - Its the modern-day equivalent of Emperor Nero fiddling while Rome burned. Governments fiddle while ...

Susan Eng on the CBC's Power and Politics to Demand Enhanced Fire Safety Regulations

February 1, 2014

On January 24th, 2014, CARP VP Susan Eng appeared on the CBC's Power and Politics with Evan Solomon to comment on the ...

CARP for the Win: Older Ontario Retirement Homes are Finally Fire-Safe (Dossier Review and Conclusion)

May 17, 2013

CARP has been pushing for a set of amendments to the Fire Code that would see older retirement homes mandated to ...

CARP's Responses to the Technical Advisory Committee Proposing Changes to Onario's Fire Code and Building Code

April 5, 2013

On February 28th, 2013 - CARP issued a response to the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)’s Recommendations to the ...