December 2010 Archive Posts

Caregiver's Diary: A New Home

December 10, 2010

There’s one in every family. Usually female, usually the youngest. The one who will take care of the old folks. ...

What's happening to Pension Reform? Ask your Finance Minister!

December 10, 2010

Theres a strange silence in the run up to the Finance Ministers meeting in Kanansakis later this month not unlike ...

RRIF and GIS rules – Double whammy for low income seniors

December 10, 2010

Time for real change December 7th 2010 - Just when you thought RRIF rules couldnt get worse, they do. Ottawa has been ...

Susan Eng on the Business News Network's Squeezeplay

December 10, 2010

On December 7th 2010, CARP VP of Advocacy Susan Eng appeared on the Business News Networks Squeezeplay to discuss the ...

Disabled Nortel Workers Receive Final Blow as Bill S-216 dies in the Senate

December 10, 2010

December 10, 2010 – The hopes of 400 Disabled Nortel workers’ hopes were finally dashed this week when ...

Diane Finley writes CARP about the Proposed Changes to the GIS Policy

December 10, 2010

December 10th 2010 - Diane Finley addressed a letter to CARP to dispel concerns about recently discussed changes to ...

BC Chapters Demand Pension Issues be Addressed

December 10, 2010

During CARP’s Annual General Meeting, Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan addressed attendees and spoke of ...

Bill to ban mandatory retirement clears legislative hurdle, nears law

December 10, 2010

Originally published by the Canadian Press on December 6th, 2010. To visit the Winnipeg Free Press website where the ...

Focus and Clarity Needed to Guide Pension Reform

December 9, 2010

This is a guest blog from Keith Ambachtsheer, one of Canada's foremost pension experts As they tackle the pension ...

Pension Reform – Slow Progress or No progress

December 9, 2010

December 10, 2010 - Six months will have passed since the Finance Ministers’ meeting in PEI which seemed to be a ...