Poverty Posts

Budget's compassionate tone not matched by substance

March 29, 2011

Originally published by Canadian Press 23rd, 2011. To go to the Canadian Press website please click here OTTAWA ; The ...

Budget’s compassionate tone not matched by substance

March 29, 2011

Originally published by Canadian Press 23rd, 2011. To go to the Canadian Press website please click here OTTAWA ; The ...

Retirement Security – Ontario Budget 2011

March 29, 2011

March 29, 2011 – Pension reform has been an active issue in 2010. And while proposals for private sector ...

Financial Insecurity among older Ontarians: CARP Pre-budget submission to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs

March 29, 2011

In February 2011, CARP made a detailed Pre-Budget submission to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, ...

Budget offers small funding bump for poor seniors

March 29, 2011

Originally published in the Times Colonist on March 23rd, 2011. To go to the Times Colonist website please click here ...

Help coming for Canada’s seniors?

March 22, 2011

Originally published in the Lethbridge Herald on March 19th, 2011. To go to the Lethbridge Herald website please click ...

Help coming for Canada's seniors?

March 22, 2011

Originally published in the Lethbridge Herald on March 19th, 2011. To go to the Lethbridge Herald website please click ...

CARP asked the federal government to aim at financial insecurity: did the budget hit the mark?

March 22, 2011

March 22 2011: The 2011 budget provided a GIS enhancement, but targeted only seniors with the very lowest levels of ...

Putting Seniors in the Federal Budget

March 10, 2011

We all know that there are far too many seniors who have trouble making ends meet. Every year, the Canadian Centre for ...

Tories prefer tightly framed aid for seniors rather than big boost to GIS

February 11, 2011

This article was published by the Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2011 and subsequently republished by newspapers ...