Seniors Posts

CARP Asks Feds to Protect Defined Benefit Pensions

February 12, 2019

Over 1.3 million Canadian retirees and their spouses have defined benefit pension plans. These plans are funded by ...

CARP Calls for a Seniors Banking Voluntary Code of Conduct

February 5, 2019

Today CARP asked the Federal Consumer Agency of Canada to make banking secure and safer for older adults. As part of ...

Improving BC Pension Security Keeps Retirees Safe, and Saves Money

January 31, 2019

The B.C. government needs to ensure residents of this province can live out their lives with financial security and ...

Dr. Iris Gorfinkel, Medical Advisor for “Stand Up Straight” Campaign

June 19, 2018

Iris Gorfinkel – M.D. and Principal Investigator   Dr. Gorfinkel graduated from McGill University and ...

In The News: The Importance of Physical Activity

January 16, 2018

The science is in and the media is reporting it... Staying physically active as we age can have a dramatically positive ...

Grey Matters: Mistreatment and abuse of patients in long-term care homes is anything but rare

May 16, 2017

Wanda Morris, Postmedia News | May 16, 2017 12:41 PM ET It was over 3 decades ago, but I still remember the elegant ...

Collection of Fines from Rule-Breaking Advisors will help Protect Ontario Investors

March 31, 2017

March 31, 2017  For Immediate Release Toronto, ON: CARP is delighted by today’s announcement that increased ...

Seniors and transit

February 3, 2017

February 2017 - There have been many headlines in the news recently looking at the future of public transit in ...

“Shame On You Kathleen Wynne!” – Hydro Rates Hurting Seniors

January 23, 2017

"There is no way that anyone can grow old gracefully in any more... not with the Hydro Bills... and shame on you ...

CARP Call on Government to Act for Caregivers

January 9, 2017

CARP Director of Policy, Wade Poziomka, discusses CARP's priorities for government who are being called to address the ...