Advocacy slideshow Posts

The rise of the older worker – and age-discrimination lawsuits

January 14, 2014

Self-employed warehouse safety inspector Murray Etherington, 67, jokes that he is on the “retire-at-85 plan,” after ...

We are One Lucky Generation in Seven Thousand

January 10, 2014

“The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the next hour ...

Our Take on the Aging Demographic is Antiquated

January 10, 2014

A century ago, children outnumbered the elderly by as much as 10 to one in most European countries. Today, there are ...

Pension woes: Middle class faces greatest risk

January 8, 2014

Will 2014 be the year the CPP gets fixed? If you’re middle-aged and middle-class, you may be in trouble in retirement ...

'We could have a larger surplus' than forecast

January 8, 2014

‘We could have a larger surplus’ than forecast, Flaherty says The federal government could unveil "a larger ...

'We could have a larger surplus' than forecast, Flaherty says

January 8, 2014

The federal government could unveil "a larger surplus" than it has anticipated when it gets the books back to balance ...

Elderly patient Tadeusz Czubak discharged to empty house not a ‘one-off' case

December 20, 2013

Hospital system too uncoordinated to deal with influx of seniors, patient advocates say The case of an elderly ...

Finance ministers under pressure on CPP reform ahead of Meech Lake

December 16, 2013

Governments face mounting pressure from labour and special interest groups about what to do with the Canada Pension ...

CARP in the News: A Queen's Park CPP Enhancement Meeting

December 13, 2013

On December 11th CARP and a group of four CARP chapter chair delegates from Edmonton, White Rock-Surrey, Quebec and ...

CARP Push for CPP Enhancement Reaches Ontario Legislature

December 13, 2013

Premier Wynne, Minister Sousa and Minister Sergio at the CARP CPP meeting in Queen's Park On Wednesday December 11th, ...