In The News Posts

Counterpoint: CARP's Response to the CFIB News Release/Customer Question

October 19, 2013

  Thank you for sending the CFIB news release. The essence of their argument is that defined benefit pension ...

Customer Comments/Point – Civil Service Pensions:

October 19, 2013

 Editor’s Note: CARP received the following inquiry from one of our members and decided to publish an official ...

PEI Finance Minister Wes Sheridan to Host CARP AGM Town Hall Thursday October 24th 2013

October 18, 2013

CARP has confirmed that PEI Finance Minister Wes Sheridan will be attending the CARP AGM next Thursday (October ...

Province eyes new Ontario Pension Plan as CPP reform stalls

October 18, 2013

Waiting for pension reform across Canada is like watching paint dry: It takes forever and always needs another ...

Ontario weighs benefits of building its own public pension plan

October 18, 2013

Ontario’s government is considering making the province the first to offer its own mandatory public pension plan on ...

The Middle-Aged Guide to Growing Up: Hurry Sundown

October 18, 2013

I’m a Boomer, and my grade 4 class was cancelled and sent home when we learned JFK had been shot. I saw Lee Harvey ...

CARP helps mutual fund dealers understand what the average older investor looks like

October 18, 2013

CARP at the Mutual Funds Dealers Association Senior Investor Summit Susan Eng, VP of Advocacy at CARP, joined a ...

Alzheimer's patient dies after fall from hospital window

October 18, 2013

Family of Gerald Serroul says he died at the Northside General Hospital in North Sydney Cape Breton Regional Police ...

Advocate pushes for standards of care for dementia patients

October 18, 2013

Two fatalities involving dementia patients underscore Nova Scotia’s need to develop standards of care for such ...

Dementia home death has group calling for more oversight

October 18, 2013

A tragic incident at a private home for seniors with dementia has some calling for more oversight. Police were ...