CARP Federal Pre-Budget Poll Report 2010
CARP members, in advance of the Throne Speech and the Federal Budget, want the government to focus on retirement security and pension reform issues, but expect, instead, to be confronted with taxes and deficit reduction. More members expect a spring election than want one, and the Conservative party is favoured, although by significantly lower margins than were evident last summer and fall. Read more
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Throne Speech Highlight: Reinstatement of Veteran War Allowance
While the government’s announcement of its intention to adopt a more inclusive national anthem during yesterday’s throne speech garnered a bizarrely high level of media attention, the announcement of the reinstatement of benefits under the War Veterans Allowance Act received relatively little attention despite its significance for our bravest citizens. Read more
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CARP Poll: Government will not listen to them, CARP members fear – CARP repeats call for Pension Reform in Throne Speech and Federal Budget
“Clearly, CARP members do not believe that their government will listen to them. We have been unequivocal on the urgent need for comprehensive pension reform and the Throne Speech is the right place for the government to declare that it will act to ensure the future retirement security of all Canadians. Further the Federal Budget is the place to announce substantial increases to the Old Age Security to help people who face poverty in old age. We will be watching the Throne Speech and the Federal Budget announcements carefully to see if we are proven right or wrong”, said Susan Eng, Vice President, Advocacy of CARP. Read more
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CARP repeats call for federal Throne Speech to include pension reform
TORONTO, ON: CARP calls on the federal government to take due notice of statements made by BC Finance Minister Colin Hansen and in the Paper issued on behalf of the working committee of provincial Finance ministers supporting the need for urgent government action to establish a supplementary retirement savings vehicle. CARP repeats it call on the federal government to include pension reform in its Throne Speech on March 3, 2010. Read more
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CARP Federal Budget 2010 Analysis
At least the government cannot be accused of not keeping promises – since nothing of significance was promised.
The wordsmithing is a nice touch – so now we’re “Those Who Helped Build Canada”. Enjoy that because that’s all you got.
Let’s start with the promises made in the Throne Speech and see what action the budget documents produced. Read more
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Throne Speech: Full Text
The Speech from the Throne officially opens every new session of Parliament. The Speech sets out the broad goals and directions of the government in power. It is given by Canada's Head of State, the Queen, or, more usually, by her representative, the Governor General. It is called the Speech from the Throne because the Governor General reads it while sitting in the seat in the Senate Chamber reserved for the Head of State or her representative, as the head of Canada’s system of executive government. The Governor General reads the speech to a gathering of Parliamentarians (Members of the House of Commons and Senators) and others. Parliamentarians act as law-makers for bills, or proposed laws, brought to Parliament for debate and decision. To read the full text of the throne speech, please click here.
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CARP Priorities/Throne Speech and Budget Speech Recap
In the end all CARP members got from this budget are some nice words and the promise of more consultation. The Government committed to undertake public consultations on the government-supported retirement income system before May. Read more
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Federal Budget 2010: Rise or Fall?
As you may or may not know, the budget speech is usually given in the late afternoon (so as not to influence markets, it is given after they’ve closed.) But now that we’ve heard the budget speech, what happens next? Read more
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Prorogation, Protests and Twittering the Budget
Before Christmas you probably wouldn’t have known Christopher White, the graduate student in Anthropology from the University of Alberta. These days, it’s quite likely you do, he’s the creator of a Facebook group called “Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament” which managed to rally 225, 000 members. Through the group simultaneous anti-prorogation protests were organized and held in cities throughout the country January 23rd 2010. Read more
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