August 2009 Archive Posts

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 ...

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 ...

CARP tells politicos to fix boomers’ retirement or voters will retire them; likes retroactive TFSA idea

August 7, 2009

CARP - a national association representing the 50-plus generation -- is calling on politicians to protect 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, ...

How Does Canada’s Health System Actually Work?

August 7, 2009

OTTAWA ; Canadians can be of two minds about their public health care system. Tommy Douglas, a former premier of ...

Malcolm Hamilton elaborates on retroactive TFSA mechanics

August 7, 2009

Actuary Malcolm Hamilton, worldwide partner with pension consultants Mercer's, has elaborated on the mechanics of how ...

Healthcare reform may not be good for politicians’ health

August 7, 2009

It's no fun being the whipping boy for anti-government Republicans and Blue Dog Democrats. For once, Canada is the ...

Coming back from the brink: The case for making TFSA contribution room retroactive

August 7, 2009

Canada's foremost pension actuary, Mercer's Malcolm Hamilton, says those whose RRSPs were devastated by the 2008 market ...

CARP takes on ‘Home First’ Program

August 7, 2009

Home First is a health initiative designed to be “an approach to care that starts the discussion, upon admission ...