October 2008 Archive Posts

CARP Letter to Minister Flaherty regarding RRIFs

October 29, 2008

Read CARP Vice President, Advocacy, Susan Eng's letter to Minister Flaherty calling for a two year moratorium as an ...

CARP opposes corporate bailout at the expense of pensioners

October 29, 2008

October 29, 2008 Responding to reports that employers lobbied government to suspend their obligation to fund deficits, ...

CARP FALL 2008 WORKSHOP

October 28, 2008

CARP FALL 2008 WORKSHOP TOPIC: Managing Stress as We Age D&T: November 20, Thursday, 10 a.m. to 3 ...

Let seniors delay RRIF withdrawals, says advocacy group

October 28, 2008

The Toronto Star October 09, 2008 THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO–Canada's largest seniors' advocacy group wants the ...

Campbell brings sketchy promises of universal pensions

October 28, 2008

Worried your company pension is getting hammered by the stock market? If not, either you've been stranded on a desert ...

CARP calls for two year moratorium on mandated RRIF withdrawals

October 28, 2008

For immediate release October 29, 2008 CARP CALLS FOR TWO YEAR MORATORIUM ON MANDATED RRIF WITHDRAWALS TORONTO, ON: ...

Statistics Canada Report on Elder Care

October 22, 2008

Stats Can Report October 21, 2008 Elder Care: What we know today Statistics Canada published a study on older ...

CARP’s National Caregiver Strategy

October 22, 2008

Aging at home is a major imperative for the formal health care and social services system which cannot adequately ...

Sandwich generation stressed out

October 22, 2008

As baby boomers age, more and more Canadians are getting stressed out juggling jobs, caring for their kids and elderly ...

Chair Notes #6 – 10/18/008

October 19, 2008

OCTOBER NOTES: If I wait any longer, this month will be over, and I won’t have written this. The October meeting ...