Poverty Posts

Even out savings playing field: Helping to pinch pennies without losing revenue

March 1, 2010

Originally published in the Financial Post on February 27th, 2010. To go to the Financial Post website, please ...

Malcolm Hamilton’s Alternate Reality

January 14, 2010

Investment Industry Expert Actuary Malcolm Hamilton has been speaking out against pension reform and his views have ...

Malcolm Hamilton's Alternate Reality

January 14, 2010

Investment Industry Expert Actuary Malcolm Hamilton has been speaking out against pension reform and his views have ...

Proroguing, Pensions and the Public Discourse

January 13, 2010

Nothing like a bit of proroguing to get people running in all directions. The holiday break would normally lull people ...

Experts React to CARP Pension Reform Survey Results

January 13, 2010

January 13th 2010, If you have been receiving our semi-monthly e-newsletters, CARP ActionOnline , you will know that ...

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 ...

CARP Pre-Budget Policy Proposals for Provincial Governments

December 4, 2009

As the holidays approach, some Provinces have just finished their pre-budget consultation process and some have yet to ...

CARP wants Dhalla to reel in pension bill

October 26, 2009

October 9th 2009 A national seniors organization issued an open letter to Brampton MP Ruby Dhalla asking her to drop ...

Old age insecurity

October 22, 2009

October 11, 2009 Sui-ping Yau has been living off of her savings since she moved to Canada nearly nine years ago. Yau, ...

Bill C-428 An Act to Amend Old Age Security, Ruby Dhalla’s Statement

September 28, 2009

No senior in Canada should be left to live in poverty. The Conference Board of Canada reports that 6% of seniors in ...