December 2010 Archive Posts

Nortel pensioners win right to invest with private-fund managers

December 23, 2010

Originally published in the Ottawa Citizen on December 18th, 2010. To go to the Ottawa Citizen website please click ...

PRPP: An agreement to kick the can down the road and deliver more fees to Canada’s financial industry

December 23, 2010

In a nutshell This is an agreement to do nothing, except perhaps a handout to the financial services industry at the ...

Let’s take the CPP – and be creative

December 23, 2010

Originally published by CTV news. To go to their website please click here The outcome of this week’s Kananaskis ...

Jim Murta’s Comments on Kananaskis Meeting

December 23, 2010

Despite years of study, reports, hearings and consultations, and a clear need for change, the governments have once ...

Pension Reform post Kananaskis – When is a glass half full really half empty?

December 23, 2010

When is a glass half full really half empty? That‘s the best way to look at pension reform post-Kananaskis ...

December Flurries of Pension Activity

December 23, 2010

December 23, 2010 – Two weeks ago, everything was quiet on the pension reform front. It turns outs that months of ...

A Most Common Affliction: Lower Back Pain (Part 1)

December 23, 2010

Pain from the lower part of our bony spine is known as Low Back Pain (LBP). In the CARP survey we ran a couple of ...

Stepping It Up: Moving the Focus from Health Care in Canada to a Healthier Canada

December 23, 2010

The Health Council of Canada has just released a new report that says unless governments change their approach to ...

Provinces Band Together in Standoff with Federal Government

December 23, 2010

The item below is a Provincial Governments News Release Provinces Call for Enhanced CPP December 19, 2010 ...

CARP Welcomes Quick Reversal on Change Affecting Low Income Seniors – Certain RRIF withdrawals will not affect GIS eligibility

December 22, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 7, 2010 TORONTO, ON: CARP welcomes the quick reversal of a policy change that would have ...