GIS Posts

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 ...

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

December 7, 2010

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

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

December 7, 2010

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

CARP calls for increases to OAS and GIS and Caregiver Support in next Federal Budget

October 7, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 4, 2010 CARP calls for increased OAS, GIS, specific support for older Women and ...

Untangling Canada’s Income Supplement Programs

August 6, 2010

Much has been made of Canada’s relative success in battling old-age poverty. Its true that only 4.4 percent of ...

Untangling Canada's Income Supplement Programs

August 6, 2010

Much has been made of Canadas relative success in battling old-age poverty. Its true that only 4.4 percent of seniors ...

Finding support takes some work: provincial benefit programs for seniors have different rules

August 5, 2010

Originally published in the National Post on July 31st, 2010. To go to the Globe and Mail Website please click here As ...

OUR ADVOCACY VOICE COMES TO WINDSOR/ESSEX

May 14, 2010

This article was originally published in Seniors' Life Magazine in May 2010, it comes to us courtesy of Jonathan Straw, ...

CARP SUPPORTS BILL TO IMPROVE THE GIS PROGRAM

April 26, 2010

This week CARP supported MP Carole Freeman’s private member’s bill C-516 which, if passed, would provide ...

Pension Reform – Less Talk more Action

April 25, 2010

If talk is all we needed, then pension reform is all but accomplished. You can’t turn around without someone ...