Seniors Posts

CARP poll find members overwhelmingly support a new Universal Pension Plan

April 29, 2009

The over-50 lobby group known as CARP today told the government it should consider establishing a Universal Pension ...

Alberta Budget 2009

April 13, 2009

CARP notes the Failure to Deliver on Commitment Made to Review the Pharmaceutical Redesign Strategy. The ...

Manitoba Budget 2009: Contains Limited Relief for Older Adults but the Province Shows Promise with Innovative Caregiver Tax Credit

April 13, 2009

This year, the government of Manitoba will invest $160 million in social housing. CARP calls on the province to use ...

Ontario Budget 2009: No Major Gains in Healthcare

March 26, 2009

There are no major healthcare gains for older Canadians in this budget. $223 million of the 1.1 billion already set ...

Ontario Budget 2009: Tax Relief

March 26, 2009

Personal Income Tax The government is proposing to cut the lowest tax rate by one percentage point, from 6.05 per cent ...

Point/Counterpoint

March 2, 2009

A Rudyard Griffiths editorial entitled “A Greying Nation” was published a few weeks ago in The National ...

CARP Succeeds in Convincing Alberta Health Premier to Reconsider Controversial Bill

February 27, 2009

On December 9th CARP called for the Alberta Health Minister Ron Liepert to reconsider the increases to drug costs for ...

Point/Counterpoint: CARP Members Don’t Subscribe to Rudyard Griffiths’ Theory

February 27, 2009

A Rudyard Griffiths editorial entitled “A Greying Nation” was published a few weeks ago in The National ...

Waiting on the ER: Ontario Government targets for shorter ER times puts pressure on ALC patients

February 27, 2009

A recent initiative taken by the Ontario government aimed at shortening wait times and improve patient satisfaction in ...

CARP presents CARP Action TV

February 27, 2009

CARP Action on TV! Well, almost… Beginning next Thursday March 5th at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, Susan ...