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CPP: Time to Act
The politicians are playing politics with our future and it has to stop. The Canada Pension Plan needs to be increased and everybody knows it. The politicians need to get the message that they should...
View ArticleWhy CPP Matters: Deconstructing Pension Reform
Susan Eng recently wrote a blog post deconstructing CPP reforms for the Huffington Post. This post details the benefits that the proposed CPP enhancements will bring for all Canadians. Why CPP...
View ArticleSeniors living in poverty on the rise in Canada, OECD says
Susan Eng, CARP’s VP of Advocacy, recently sat down with the hosts of the Lang and O’Leary Show on CBC to discuss the OECD findings on Canadian seniors’ poverty levels and CPP enhancements. The show’s...
View ArticleYounger Canadians Will Suffer the Most From This Failing System
CARP’s VP of Advocacy, Susan Eng, recently had another opportunity to write a blog for the Huffington Post. Following Susan Eng’s November 22nd article on Why CPP Matters, this November 28th post links...
View ArticleAn Opinion on Enhancing the CPP
This November, Gary Hepworth, the chair or CARP Etobicoke, shared CARP’s stance on CPP enhancement with the Islington Times and the Lakeshore Villages publications. Gary Hepworth’s timely and poignant...
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CARP’s Eng concerned about rise in senior poverty, supports enhanced CPP
“This is the first generation in which two thirds of working Canadians don’t have any access to a workplace pension … which is why we are so invested in improving the CPP. There really is no other...
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Finance Minister Kevin Sorenson says a CPP boost would kill jobs
Editor’s Note: This guest column by the Honourable Kevin Sorenson, Minister of State (Finance), appeared in the December 4 edition of the National Post and was reprinted on the Ministry of Finance’s...
View ArticleMinister of State (Finance) Minister Kevin Sorenson claims CPP would hurt jobs
Despite the greater support CPP enhancements have been gaining each day, Minister Sorenson believes CPP enhancements would hurt jobs. CARP has long held that CPP enhancements will benefit all future...
View ArticleAttack on NDP over CPP pulled from Finance Canada website
Finance Canada has pulled partisan comments attacking the NDP over the Canada Pension Plan from its website – the second time this year that political remarks from a Conservative minister have been...
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CARP Member Callout: E-mail and/or Call your Federal and Provincial Ministers...
CARP is urging federal and provincial governments to act on CPP enhancement. CARP members expressed their concerns about the attack on OAS in 2012, now politicians won’t help us save better on our...
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Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa: Canadians Deserve Leadership
Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa says Ontarians and all Canadians deserve leadership on this issue. Dear CARP members, Our government has a recently introduced a three-part plan to grow our...
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Attack on NDP over CPP pulled from Finance Canada website
Finance Canada has pulled partisan comments attacking the NDP over the Canada Pension Plan from its website – the second time this year that political remarks from a Conservative minister have been...
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CARP in the News and in the Huffington post November 19th to December 6th, 2013
Susan’s Blog Entries for the Huffington Post Between November 25th and November 29th 2013, Susan Eng, CARP VP of Advocacy, wrote and published 3 articles on the Huffington Post website. They were:...
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SUPPORT FOR GOVERNMENT PLUMMETS; CPP THE REASON
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DECEMBER 9, 2013 SUPPORT FOR GOVERNMENT PLUMMETS; CPP THE REASON 71% of CARP members say government doesn’t deserve power if CPP not expanded TORONTO, ON: – CARP members are...
View ArticleFinance Minister Charles Sousa calls for CPP enhancements at Queen’s Park
Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa brought forward a motion on Monday December 9th to enhance the CPP. To see the motion scroll down to the “Government Notices of Motion Section” and find motion 40...
View ArticleCARP CPP Declaration
On Wednesday December 11th, 2013, CARP’s VP of Advocacy, Susan Eng, and four chapter chairs, Bernice Rempel (Edmonton, Alberta,) Lee Royko (Montreal West, Quebec), Bill VanGorder (Halifax, Nova Scotia)...
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CARP’s Open Letter to Federal, Provincial and Territorial Governments:...
December 11th, 2013: On the occasion of a meeting between CARP’s head of Advocacy, CARP Chapter Chairs, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, Minister Charles Sousa and Minister Mario Sergio, CARP put out...
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CARP Push for CPP Enhancement Reaches Ontario Legislature
Premier Wynne, Minister Sousa and Minister Sergio at the CARP CPP meeting in Queen’s Park On Wednesday December 11th, 2013, Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa put forward a motion in the Ontario...
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CARP in the News: A Queen’s Park CPP Enhancement Meeting
CARP’s Susan Eng and chapter chair delegates meet with Premier Wynne, Minister Sousa and Minister Sergio to discuss CPP enhancement support December 11th, 2013 On December 11th CARP and a group of four...
View ArticleFinance ministers under pressure on CPP reform ahead of Meech Lake
Governments face mounting pressure from labour and special interest groups about what to do with the Canada Pension Plan ahead of a federal-provincial finance ministers’ meeting at Meech Lake Monday....
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