December 2010 Archive Posts

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 ...

This Just In: GOVERNMENTS OF CANADA AND SASKATCHEWAN RELEASE PROPOSALS TO IMPROVE THE SASKATCHEWAN PENSION PLAN

December 10, 2010

Editor's Note: Could this be a sign of things to come? The Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan just issued a joint ...

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 ...

Dean Says we Should Aim to Retire at 75

December 10, 2010

Roger Martin, Dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto recently wrote a guest editorial for ...

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

December 10, 2010

There’s a strange silence in the run up to the Finance Ministers’ meeting in Kanansakis later this month ...

Commercial Workers pensioners face benefits cuts

December 10, 2010

This article was originally posted in the Toronto Star on December 9th 2010 More than 350,000 members of Canada’s ...

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 ...

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 ...