Pension reform Posts

CARP Pension Reform Poll Update

December 16, 2009

For the latest CARP Poll results please visit our newsletter and hit "see results" button. To browse the the ...

Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security benefit Rates Effective January 1, 2010

December 16, 2009

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada today announced the benefit rates for the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and ...

Layton’s Letter to Ministers of Finance in Anticipation of Whitehorse Meeting

December 16, 2009

New Democrat Leader Jack Layton is reminding federal and provincial finance ministers to make pension reform a ...

Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan Statement on Pension Reform

December 16, 2009

Over the next 20 to 25 years, the number of seniors in Ontario will more than double to 3.5 million. This large ...

In search of Canada’s perfect pension plan

December 16, 2009

Finance ministers will have a lot of good proposals to consider when they meet next week in Whitehorse This article ...

B.C. Finance Minister Colin Hansen’s Statement on Pension Reform

December 16, 2009

British Columbia is committed to the implementation of a broad-based occupational pension plan for private-sector ...

Creaking pension system is failing Canadians

December 16, 2009

Only one in five private-sector workers belongs to an employer pension plan and just one-third of households are saving ...

All Three Parties Have Put Forward Pension Reforms Proposals but what is Needed is a Comprehensive Reform Strategy

December 16, 2009

Over the past year and a half CARP has been calling for a Pension Summit and Comprehensive Pension Reform. The market ...

Drug changes panned, praised… But groups say health care will benefit from savings

December 15, 2009

Originally published in The Ottawa Citizen April 9th, 2010. To go to The Windsor Star website, please click ...

National Seniors Council Roundtable on Volunteering Among Seniors and Positive, Active Aging

December 15, 2009

CARP was invited by the National Seniors Council to participate in a day-long consultation on issues affecting ...