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Tim Harper: NDP looks to tap a powerful vault of votes

October 30, 2012

OTTAWA—The next federal election remains somewhere over the rainbow and it is a mug’s game to anticipate what ...

NDP would restore OAS to 65, says Mulcair

October 30, 2012

TORONTO -- An NDP government would reverse changes to old age security by restoring the retirement age to 65 instead of ...

NDP defends seniors advocacy group from charges of partisan bias

October 30, 2012

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is being asked to explain why he allowed a Conservative MP to accuse Canada’s largest ...

CARP Financial Poll Report

October 19, 2012

Key Findings October 19, 2012: While CARP members themselves are generally comfortable, many have experienced ...

Mulcair’s Letter to CARP about Stephen Harper’s Cuts to Old Age Security

October 19, 2012

October 19th 2012: It was just this past winter, at a conference in Davos, Switzerland, Prime Minister Stephen Harper ...

Four ways single seniors lose out

October 16, 2012

Given the fact that so many more single seniors are female, this unfairness is almost an added tax on women. Becoming ...

The People Behind the Numbers – Pre-Budget Consultations

October 3, 2012

October 5, 2012 – We’ve known for years that Canada’s population is aging. But, seniors aged 65 and over reached ...

More health care doesn’t mean better health

September 4, 2012

There have been remarkable improvements in life expectancy over the past 100 years. The reasons are many: sanitary ...

People Behind the Numbers: CARP 2012 Budget Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance

August 24, 2012

On August 3rd, 2012 - CARP submitted our Pre-Budget recommendations to the House of Commons Standing Committee on ...

CARP Seniors’ Discounts Poll Report

July 26, 2012

Key Findings CARP members are very enthusiastic about seniorsʼ discounts, primarily because they aid those on fixed ...