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New breed of pension plan raises concerns

April 27, 2014

Workers with federally regulated firms could have payments cut after retirement Ottawa is proposing a new category of ...

Can you afford to retire?

April 24, 2014

All Work and No Play: Ontarios Retirement Crisis ONTARIO ; No one ever said growing old in Ontario would be easy. Take ...

VAST MAJORITY OF CARP MEMBERS TOUCHED BY DEMENTIA; UNIVERSAL AGREEMENT PROBLEM IS GROWING, NOT ENOUGH BEING DONE – CARP POLL™

April 21, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 21, 2014 Toronto, ON: The vast majority of CARP members polled have been touched by ...

Senior drivers: 'Thanks for taking my licence away'

April 21, 2014

Bob Hogarth was a big, gregarious man with a playful twinkle in his blue eyes. But when he was told at the age of 83 ...

Let's Talk: Canadian Dementia Care is in Need of a Paradigm Overhaul

April 18, 2014

Malcolm Young, AC/DCs guitarist, is suffering from a form of dementia?  That news was shocking, especially given ...

CARP Opposes Fair Elections Act, Bill C-23 at Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs

April 8, 2014

CARP opposed the Fair Elections Act, Bill C-23 at the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs in Ottawa on ...

Everything you need to know about the Fair Elections Act

April 4, 2014

Editor's Note: The Globe and Mail has put together an amazingly thorough and detailed yet straightforward backgrounder ...

Support builds for Wynne’s Ontario Pension Plan

March 11, 2014

OTTAWA ; The federal Conservatives unwillingness to work with the provinces to find ways to enhance the retirement ...

CARP members see reduced voter participation as a bigger problem than voter fraud; want public hearings on Fair Elections Act – CARP Poll™

March 9, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 9, 2014 TORONTO, MARCH 10, 2014 - While 4-in-10 CARP members (41%) say voter fraud ...

CARP Submission to the Department of Finance: Strengthening Canada’s Financial Consumer Protection Framework

February 28, 2014

CARP submitted its recommendations to the Department of Finance on strengthening Canada's Financial Consumer ...