December 2009 Archive Posts

B.C. welcomes all provinces to join western-led pension upgrade

December 4, 2009

This article was published in the Vancouver Sun December 2nd 2009 Click here to go to their website and to this ...

Canada’s medicare story could be model for pension reform: expert

December 4, 2009

This article was published by Canwest News Service on November 22nd 2009 Click here to go to the their website OTTAWA ...

Plan sponsors worry about pensions: poll

December 4, 2009

This article was published in the Financial Post November 23rd 2009 Click here to go to the Financial Post ...

Pensions for All

December 4, 2009

Pensions are getting a lot of ink in the run up to the Finance Ministers’ meeting in Whitehorse on December 17th ...

CARP Calls on Provincial Governments to Introduce Home Energy Rebate and HST Relief Grant for Low-Income Seniors

December 4, 2009

While present and future participants in the Ontario workforce are poised to benefit from the economic growth that ...

HST Federal and Provincial Votes: Big Theatrics Lend Little Substance

December 4, 2009

December 4th 2009 HST caused quite a stir this week as Ontario MPPs Bill Murdoch and Randy Hillier staged a caucus ...

CARP Poll: B.C. and Ontario Members Overwhelmingly Oppose the HST, Liberal Governments in both Provinces Loosing Ground as a Result

December 4, 2009

CARP members overwhelmingly oppose the HST, in British-Columbia 83% of them disapproved and 60% disapproved strongly. ...

CARP lends a hand to help pass Private Member’s Bill to put Sprinklers in Retirement Homes and shapes parliamentary debate on retirement home regulation

December 4, 2009

Yesterday CARP joined forces with Ontario’s Fire Fighters to support bill 214, an act to amend the Ontario Fire ...

CARP Pre-Budget Policy Proposals for Provincial Governments

December 4, 2009

As the holidays approach, some Provinces have just finished their pre-budget consultation process and some have yet to ...

CARP Letter Ignites Ageism Debate

December 4, 2009

It could be argued that we now live in a post-ism world. While issues of racism, sexism, homophobia and other forms of ...