In The News Posts

Coming back from the brink: The case for making TFSA contribution room retroactive

August 7, 2009

Canada's foremost pension actuary, Mercer's Malcolm Hamilton, says those whose RRSPs were devastated by the 2008 market ...

Senator Majory LeBreton’s Response to Elder Abuse Survey

August 7, 2009

"I was pleased to see how engaged CARP members are on the important issue of elder abuse. It was very encouraging to ...

Elder Abuse Public Service Annoucement Survey Analysis

August 7, 2009

Survey Results The government of Canada has recently launched an anti-elder abuse ad campaign, the anti-elder abuse ad ...

CARP tells politicos to fix boomers’ retirement or voters will retire them; likes retroactive TFSA idea

August 7, 2009

CARP - a national association representing the 50-plus generation -- is calling on politicians to protect the ...

How Does Canada’s Health System Actually Work?

August 7, 2009

OTTAWA ; Canadians can be of two minds about their public health care system. Tommy Douglas, a former premier of ...

What happened to Catastrophic and Rare Disease Drug Coverage?

August 6, 2009

The increased importance of pharmaceutical drugs in Canadian health care was not foreseen during the drafting of the ...

Keeping Older Drivers Driving

August 6, 2009

Candrive, a Canadian research program aimed at improving the safety and quality of life of older drivers is now into ...

PET Scan Update

August 6, 2009

The Ontario government just announced that PET scans will be publicly funded for certain cancer and cardiac patients ...

Using Retirement Homes as Way Stations between Hospitals and Long-Term Care Homes: What You Need to Know

August 6, 2009

Hospitals across Ontario lack available acute care beds as a portion of these beds are occupied by patients who no ...

A Canadian doctor diagnoses U.S. healthcare

August 3, 2009

Universal health insurance is on the American policy agenda for the fifth time since World War II. In the 1960s, the ...