Feb 25 2010: Hot off the presses! A new study published yesterday by the Institute for Research on Public Policy says Too many older laid-off workers are forced into early retirement because of poor re-employment prospects; creative policies are needed to encourage them to stay in the labour market. Download a copy of the study […]
Older workers will benefit from the added funding to Targeted Initiative for Older Workers [TIOW], the 5-week add-on employment insurance benefits and provisions for long-tenured workers. The $60 million added to TIOW over 3 years brings TIOW funding to $50 million a year when added to the amounts announced in 2008. The TIOW provides a […]
A choice about when to retire based on ability— not age – is a human right. If we as a society honoured the maturity and wisdom of age, there would be no hesitation in giving Canadians a choice about when to retire. As CARP pointed out to Ottawa’s Expert Panel on Older Workers, such choice […]
The Federal budget was tabled on March 28, 2023. While the federal budget receives significant attention, there are two helpful points to remember. First, often many investments in the budget have been previously announced, so what may seem like positive news, is often something already in motion. It may be positive, but it’s often not […]
The 2022 Fall Economic Statement outlines the government’s plan to continue to help Canadians with the cost of living and building a Canada where purportedly nobody gets left behind. However, very little in the update was directed at older Canadians. According to Statistics Canada, the number of seniors aged 65 and older is growing 6x […]
C.A.R.P. says, Here’s What Needs to Change, Now. COVID-19 (2020/21) shone a light on the myriad faults in our systems and the consequent devastating impact on the vulnerable older Canadians, who have spent a lifetime contributing to their communities and to the economy. In December 2021, C.A.R.P reached out to various federal ministers […]
Over the past few months, C.A.R.P has been consulting with Elections Canada on a set of proposed changes that would make it easier, and safer, for seniors from all walks of life to vote in the next federal election. Given the current political climate, and with Canada led by a Liberal minority government, an election […]
Wanda Morris, Postmedia News | May 31, 2017 6:30 PM ET According to recently released Statistics Canada census data, the number of Canadians aged 65 and over is now greater than the number younger than 15. For many, this is cause for celebration. Canadians are not only living past 65 in greater numbers, they are […]
Join CARP to help us become the biggest advocacy group for seniors. And become a member. We have great benefits and membership gets you amazing deals and savings for travel, insurance and much more. Toronto, April 27, 2017 – The Ontario Liberal Government released its 2017 budget today. CARP was there to find out how it will […]
Click here to read ‘CPP reform is needed, say groups representing younger, older Canadians‘ by CBC News – February 10, 2015 Bolstering the Canada Pension Plan was one of the Liberals’ 2015 election pledges, so just before Christmas Finance Minister Bill Morneau and his provincial counterparts met to talk reform. That meeting led to an […]