September 2010 Archive Posts

September 12th is Grandparent's Day – Do you know anyone who might need a little help?

September 9, 2010

Grandparents should always be celebrated but on September 12th, we should all take a moment to recognize and give ...

Caregiver's Diary: Dealing with Dad

September 9, 2010

September 9th 2010 Editor’s Note: We have asked a caregiver to blog anonymously about his journey. In each ...

September 12th is Grandparent’s Day – Do you know anyone who might need a little help?

September 9, 2010

Grandparents should always be celebrated but on September 12th, we should all take a moment to recognize and give ...

Ontario Government Introduces Pension Changes

September 9, 2010

On August 24, 2010, the McGuinty government in Ontario released a broad package of reforms with the intent to ...

CARP Poll: Majority support physician assisted suicide, better palliative care and improvement to the Quality of Death in Canada

September 9, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 9, 2010 TORONTO, ON: CARP members support physician assisted suicide if it were legal, ...

Brief Federal Pension Reform Advocacy Update: Flaherty's Response to CARP's Open Letter

September 9, 2010

Prior to the Finance Minsiters’ talks in PEI in June of 2009, CARP had polled its members on pension reform and ...

Reforms Fail to Deliver

September 9, 2010

The McGuinty government's pension reforms build on the recommendations of the Arthurs Report. Arthurs has a labour ...

Ontario pension reform? What really needs to be done!

September 9, 2010

The Ontario pension ‘reform’ is tinkering, while the federal/provincial finance ministers’ modest ...

A different take: a response to our End-of-Life Poll Report

September 9, 2010

Ron Keast, CARP member and also a valued member of advisory community has provided us with the following response to ...

Restricting Contribution Holidays is Good Step but Prohibition and Amortization of Surplus and Deficits is Better

September 9, 2010

Increasing the minimum level of surplus above which the plan sponsor may take a contribution holiday from 0% to 5% of ...