December 2012 Archive Posts

Hope still alive for resurrection of Quebec’s pooled pensions

December 7, 2012

Recently thought to be dead on arrival, Quebec’s Voluntary Retirement Savings Plan (VRSP) could be resurrected by the ...

No New Pension unless Finance Ministers Act

December 7, 2012

                    Keep working! Because if you ...

The McMaster Health Forum’s Organizing a Care System for Older Adults in Ontario

December 7, 2012

December 7, 2012 - The McMaster Health Forum has been conducting ongoing research on ways to create an effective care ...

Pension Reform: Four Years and Countless Elections Later

December 7, 2012

December 7, 2012 - The 2008 financial crash and its effect on pension funds and private savings was a new impetus to ...

Seniors targeted in series of distraction thefts, police say

December 7, 2012

Constable Tony Vella: “On many occasions the victims don’t realize they’ve been robbed until they get home."It ...

Don’t Call Me A Senior!

December 7, 2012

A couple of years ago, just after Bernice turned 65, (a few months after I did) we decided to take a trip to San ...

Caregiver’s Diary: Patience

December 7, 2012

I’m not my 89 year old widowed father’s caregiver, I’m just an occasional visitor, and a voice at the end of ...

Seniors Working Beyond Freedom 55

December 7, 2012

This article was published by The CBC on December 4th, 2012.  To see this article and other related articles on The ...

Protecting Investors – Resources to Help Educate and Compensate Investors

December 6, 2012

Editor’s Note:  CARP asked three leading financial services regulators/professional organizations what they can do ...

Burlington Social Evening in Pictures

December 5, 2012

Information posted December 5, 2012 With lots of good food available which was provided by Chartwell Classic ...