Retirement security Posts

2011 National Household Survey on Seniors’ Income and Caregivers

September 20, 2013

Statistics Canada released last week findings from the 2011 National Household Survey and their study on caregivers ...

Planning your retirement early

September 6, 2013

This article was published by Vancouver Sun on August 15th, 2013.  To see this article and other related articles on ...

CARP Financial Security Poll Report

August 23, 2013

Key Findings August 23, 2013: There has been a significant increase in the proportion of members who say they live ...

OSC pushes advisers to put clients first: Roseman

July 10, 2013

Susanne was a recent widow when she asked a large mutual fund firm for investment help. Not satisfied with the ...

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 ...

CPP Expansion Bad News For Canadians?

May 31, 2013

Competing viewpoints in the CPP expansion debate Dan Kelly, president of the Canadian Federation of Independent ...

Danger signs as seniors pile on debt: Goar

March 8, 2013

Latest household financial statistics show a troubling trend: Canadians over 65 are borrowing more, while their younger ...

CARP talks about CPP & PRPPs on New Brunswick’s Todd Veinotte Show

December 20, 2012

December 20, 2012 – Yesterday, Ms. Susan Eng spoke on the Todd Veinotte Show, based in New Brunswick, about CARP’s ...

Flaherty says economy still too weak to boost Canada Pension Plan

December 19, 2012

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is re-introducing options for enriching Canada's primary pension plan, but ...