Retirement income Posts

Flaherty seeks unity on reform

December 19, 2012

Jim Flaherty is setting a high bar for boosting the Canada Pension Plan, saying any move to increase benefits and ...

Finance ministers put CPP reform back on the agenda

December 19, 2012

Canada’s finance ministers have announced a “way forward” on expanding the Canada Pension Plan, but put off any ...

Progressive Conservative Plan for Pensions

December 7, 2012

December 7, 2012 – Implementing Pooled Retirement Pension Plans (PRPPs) and taking on “generous” public pensions ...

Hope still alive for resurrection of Quebec’s pooled pensions

December 7, 2012

Recently thought to be dead on arrival, Quebec’s Voluntary Retirement Savings Plan (VRSP) could be resurrected by the ...

Value of PRPP questioned

November 2, 2012

Touted as a practical solution for those who currently don’t have access to a workplace pension, the pooled ...

CARP Financial Poll Report

October 19, 2012

Key Findings October 19, 2012: While CARP members themselves are generally comfortable, many have experienced ...

One in three Canadians would take less pay for better pension: survey

October 2, 2012

DB plans play strong role in employment decisions Compensation preferences among Canadian workers reveal that a secure ...

Murray Etherington on CTV News

August 24, 2012

August 16th 2012: Murray Etherington, CARP's Mississauga Chapter Chair, spoke to CTV News about working into ...

New C.D. Howe Report: PRPPs a Tax on the Poor?

August 24, 2012

POOLED REGISTERED PENSION PLANS: PENSION SAVIOR – OR A NEW TAX ON THE POOR? August 23, 2012 – James Pierlot and ...

Nearly 60 per cent of retired Canadians hold debt

July 27, 2012

CALGARY — A new CIBC conducted by Harris/Decima reveals that nearly 60 per cent of retired Canadians hold some form ...