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Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance

August 19, 2009

Click here to see CARP's August 14th 2009 pre-budget submission to the Standing Committee on Finance. Read more ...

The ABCs of pension reform in Canada

August 17, 2009

The ABCs of pension reform in Canada Needs to be some 'intelligent' debate on plan changes Saturday, August 15th ...

CARP urges reform of all four retirement pillars; 88% favor retroactive TFSA contributions

August 17, 2009

August 17th 2009 Further to the previous blog on CARP, vice president advocacy Susan Eng has released CARP's pre-budget ...

A growing list of the indignities of old age

August 17, 2009

August 12th 2009 At the meeting of provincial premiers and aboriginal leaders this week in Regina, Manitoba's Gary Doer ...

Feds preach patience on pension reform

August 17, 2009

OTTAWA -- The Harper government's point man on pension reform says his heart aches for people who have lost or fear ...

Briefly: “Canada Continues to Shed Jobs” and More News

August 13, 2009

According to Statistics Canada, employment declined by 45,000 in July for both full-time and part-time workers. The ...

US Health Reform – Blame Canada?

August 7, 2009

Canadians must wonder how bad our health care system is if President Obama has to defend his health reform bill by ...

Advance Care Planning: Discussing future health care and treatment options is not an easy topic of conversation

August 7, 2009

A consequence of advances in nutrition and medicine is that people live longer – a lot longer. With longevity, ...

Healthcare reform may not be good for politicians’ health

August 7, 2009

It's no fun being the whipping boy for anti-government Republicans and Blue Dog Democrats. For once, Canada is the ...

CARP takes on ‘Home First’ Program

August 7, 2009

Home First is a health initiative designed to be “an approach to care that starts the discussion, upon admission ...