In The News Posts

CARP Ottawa Update

March 15, 2009

CARP Ottawa is excited to announce the formation of a new chapter in Ottawa. We are currently in the process of ...

CARP to Governments: Caregivers Already Overburdened

March 13, 2009

CARP has been pressing governments to recognize the tough challenges faced by informal caregivers. We were asked to ...

Women & Caregiving: Women Hold Up Half the Sky

March 13, 2009

According to Faye Porter, National Coordinator for the Care Renewal Project, “caregiving can place women at a ...

Community Health & Social Services Infrastructure Fund To Bring Services Closer to Ontarians

March 13, 2009

The opportunity to vastly improve the quality and accessibility of services provided to Ontarians in their communities ...

Introducing the Ontario Community Support Association

March 13, 2009

The Ontario Community Support Association (OCSA) is the voice of home and community support services in Ontario ...

20% of respondents would fire even their doctors for not meeting healthcare benchmarks, CARP poll finds

March 13, 2009

When the Health Council of Canada issued its Value for Money Report asking: “Are Canadians getting the best ...

GST/PST Alert – is there a tax grab underway?

March 13, 2009

Media reports are suggesting that under the guise of harmonizing the GST with the provincial sales taxes [PST], ...

Ontario tax plan threat to funds: IFIC

March 13, 2009

March 13, 2009 Mutual fund investors already stung by the market meltdown will see more savings erode if Ontario ...

McGuinty faces fight over sales tax shakeup

March 13, 2009

Premier's talk of merging PST with GST has Liberals fearing backlash from voters March 12, 2009 Robert Benzie, Queen's ...

Strategy Critical to Address Issues of Caregivers for People with Dementia

March 12, 2009

With approximately 500,000 Canadians affected by Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia, or one in every 11 ...