June 2011 Archive Posts

Active Aging Symposium – Planning for Healthy Aging

June 14, 2011

Active Aging Symposium 2011: Planning for Healthy Aging On June 9th I attended my third annual Active Aging Symposium, ...

Report on “Growing Old in a Changing Climate

June 14, 2011

Report on “Growing Old in a Changing Climate” I attended the first day of the two-day conference on “ Growing Old ...

McGuinty Government Making Life Easier For Ontario Families

June 10, 2011

Editor's Note: CARP was asked to comment on the release of this Government of Ontario news release which was picked up ...

New photo ID card for non-drivers, feature aids the blind

June 10, 2011

Originally published by the Canadian Press June9th, 2011. To go to the Canadian Press website please click here ...

The Facts and the Arguments for and Against the BC HST: A must read for British Columbians before the referendum

June 10, 2011

Confusion reigns among many residents of British Columbia as they face an important and binding referendum on whether ...

Alberta Health Services Establishes Benchmarks

June 10, 2011

June 10, 2011 - Alberta Health Services (AHS) is intent on “becoming the best publicly-funded health-care system ...

Health Canada failing Canadians, AG says of wait on medical devices

June 10, 2011

Originally published in the by iPolitics on June 9th, 2011. To go to the iPolitics website please click here Canadians ...

Susan Eng Talks Budget and Throne Speech on Goldhawk Fights Back for You

June 10, 2011

On June 7th 2011 Dale Goldhawk and Susan Eng sat down for a chat about CARP's reaction to the Federal Budget and Throne ...

Performance Pay For Drugmakers

June 10, 2011

Originally published by Think Progress on March 17th, 2011. To go to the Think Progress website please click here You ...

Ask the Doctor: Pain is everywhere I go

June 10, 2011

June 10th 2011: This paper about human pain. During my trip to Greece with a delegation of prominent Canadians ...