June 2010 Archive Posts

ELDER ABUSE – DISCUSSION CIRCLES

June 30, 2010

SENIOR DISCUSSION CIRCLES! Are you 55+? Interested in talking about elder abuse and issues that affect seniors? Want to ...

POWERS OF ATTORNEY (USES AND ABUSES

June 30, 2010

COFFEE AND CONVERSATION Seniors And Law-enforcement Together (S.A.L.T.) and the Halton Seniors Helpline ...

News from Chapter 11

June 28, 2010

Hi Carp friends, We hope you are having a great summer and continue keeping up with CARP news. Your White Rock / ...

Zoomermedia at Queen's Park covering generic drug price reform

June 24, 2010

Zoomermedia covers the generic drug and prescription cost debate as it rages on. Susan Eng, CARP VP of Advocacy was ...

They are We: Understanding Ageism in Canada

June 23, 2010

In the heart of a buzzing craft fair at a Vancouver seniors’ centre a stylishly dressed and elegantly coiffed ...

Susan Eng discusses the Finance Minister's Most Recent Reform Proposals on the Business News Network

June 23, 2010

Will the Finance Minister's public-private vision for a new pension system answer the call for major reform? Andrea ...

Seniors' Contributions in Canada – Worth Celebrating

June 23, 2010

On June 16, 2010, Diane Ablonczy, Minister of State for Seniors, introduced a bill in the House of Commons entitled ...

Securing your retirement—or their profits?

June 23, 2010

For many Canadians, their working life will end with a sudden drop through our social safety net into an old age of ...

BC Finance Minister's Statement on Pension Reform

June 23, 2010

I welcomed the letters from the Ontario and federal government in advance of the meeting in PEI. For two years BC has ...

From Your Lips to the Policy Maker's Ear

June 23, 2010

As part of its mission to report to Canadians on the way changing societal trends are reshaping their quality of life, ...