Pension reform Posts

Proposed changes to CPP spur momentum for pension reform

October 4, 2013

A proposal to boost the retirement benefits for the middle class from the Canada Pension Plan through increases in ...

CARP calls for CPP enhancement in Throne Speech: open letter to Federal Finance Minister Flaherty

October 3, 2013

      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 3, 2013 Toronto, ON: CARP calls for CPP enhancement in ...

CARP Prorogation Poll Report

September 21, 2013

Key Findings September 20, 2013: Members are not in favour of proroguing parliament, even when circumstances justify ...

Pension Envy

September 6, 2013

Ontario teachers have the world’s best-performing retirement fund. Is it a model for the rest of us? Retirement came ...

Summer Recess is Over Folks… Now Let's Get those Parliamentarians Working!

September 6, 2013

If you enjoyed the Senate scandal, then you probably enjoyed watching the Big Three Telcos whining about fairness in ...

Ignore the Dangerous “Do Nothing” and Keep up the Pressure for Pension Reform

September 6, 2013

CARP has been calling for CPP enhancement or the creation of a large, mandatory, pooled retirement savings vehicle ...

Ignore the scare tactics: Canadians can afford retirement

September 6, 2013

There is a growing debate concerning the adequacy of Canada’s pension system to meet the challenge of the impending ...

Carol Goar: How New Brunswick became a pension trailblazer

August 23, 2013

While other provinces dithered, New Brunswick got to work and put its pension plan on a solid financial footing. A ...

CARP Premier’s Conference Poll Report

August 9, 2013

Key Findings August 9, 2013: CARP members look to the premiers for leadership on very important files related to ...

Seniors get “younger”: Report

August 9, 2013

Forget all the gloomy talk about Canada’s aging population. Future seniors here are actually getting younger, a ...