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March 11, 2010

CARP Federal Pre-Budget Submission

Read CARP's pre-budget submission to the Standing Committee on Finance submitted August 14th 2009.Read more

Poll Analysis: Older Voters May Deny Harper His Majority

Based on CARP’s internal projections, on a national basis, CARP members support the Conservatives [36%] over the Liberals [30%], BUT in the key battleground province of Ontario, CARP members support the Liberals [42%] over the Conservatives [38%]. Read more

Mandatory retirement finally eliminated by courts
CARP calls on federal government to remove offending provision in Canadian Human Rights Code

The courts have finally done what the federal government has refused to do – eliminate mandatory retirement in respect to federally regulated industries and CARP calls on the government to remove section 15[1][c] of the Canadian Human Rights Act which now would purport to permit age discrimination contrary to law. Read more

CARP Open Letter to the Prime Minister
End Mandatory Retirement

On November 8th 2008, Susan Eng, CARP VP of Advocacy wrote to Prime Minister Harper urging him to repeal Section 15(1)(c) of the Canadian Human Rights Act "CHRA" that allows mandatory retirement to exist in federally regulated industries and government agencies. Click here to read the open letter

Pilots win challenge of forced retirement
by Nick Aveling

With the decision, seniors' rights groups have cleared the penultimate hurdle in striking down mandatory retirement at the federal level. "It provides case law, but it doesn't change the law on the books," said Susan Eng, vice-president of advocacy for the Canadian Association of Retired Persons." Read more

Time to drop arbitrary age to retire judges
Lawyers who challenged the age qualification of most deputy Federal Court justices may have thrown a monkey wrench into the workings of the overburdened court, but their action should lead to a modernization of a law that's out of step with today's reality. Read more

Judges' ages threaten court cases:
Two already adjourned over law limiting service on bench past 75, raising fears of a crippled system

The two cases were adjourned on Tuesday, immediately prompting a flurry of emails and calls in legal circles and casting doubt on the validity of numerous other federal court decisions made by other sitting judges over 75.Read more

Demography is destiny
Gender -- and age -- matter. Read more

A growing list of the indignities of old age
by Michael Valpy

Italian researcher Stefano Merler, writing recently in the medical journal BMC Infectious Diseases, says that halting the prescription of flu drugs for those over 65 could be the most effective way of containing infection and saving lives. Read more

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