Finances Posts

Caregiver support, action on dementia care top CARP budget expectations; want to see action on CPP increase, national home care funding and pharmacare too

February 6, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 6, 2014 Toronto, ON: CARP members will be watching for dedicated support for ...

Pension woes: Middle class faces greatest risk

January 8, 2014

Will 2014 be the year the CPP gets fixed? If you’re middle-aged and middle-class, you may be in trouble in retirement ...

New Web Resources on Finances and Caregiving

December 6, 2013

New resources on finances and caregivers were made available to Canadians this week. Living in Retirement, Financial ...

CARP’s Eng concerned about rise in senior poverty, supports enhanced CPP

December 5, 2013

“This is the first generation in which two thirds of working Canadians don’t have any access to a workplace ...

Senior Discounts Mean More Than $2 Shampoo

November 29, 2013

In Susan Eng's third Huffington Post blog this month, Susan discusses the true value of seniors discounts- ones that go ...

Seniors living in poverty on the rise in Canada, OECD says

November 27, 2013

Susan Eng, CARP's VP of Advocacy, recently sat down with the hosts of the Lang and O'Leary Show on CBC to discuss the ...

Why CPP Matters: Deconstructing Pension Reform

November 25, 2013

Susan Eng recently wrote a blog post deconstructing CPP reforms for the Huffington Post. This post details the benefits ...

MacLean’s Article on Senior Discounts

November 19, 2013

This MacLean's article, originally titled "Why Seniors Shouldn't Get Discounts. Seniors today are among the richest, ...

End of B.C. ferry deal for ‘price sensitive’ senior citizens part of growing trend across Canada

November 19, 2013

In what may be a harbinger for a greying Canada, a ferry service operating in one of the country’s most ...