In The News Posts

2009 Halton Chapter AGM Reaches New Highs

August 19, 2009

According to over 200 attendees at the CARP Halton Chapter Annual General Meeting in June 2009, the Chapter is now ...

Federal Pre-Budget Submission

August 19, 2009

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

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, ...