Welcome to the latest edition of CARP Action Online.

Your Finances: Lessons from Collapse of BCE Deal – Need For Pension Reform The toppling of the BCE takeover overshadows Finance Minister’s Economic Statement of November 27, 2008. Earnest words of reassurance fail to calm fears brought on by the knowledge that even Ma Bell has solvency issues. But at least the Minister has announced a few important steps to deal with pension security in the longer term...Read more.

Your Finances: Limited Relief for RRIF holders The Finance Minister offered limited relief to retirees faced with depleting their tax deferred accounts through mandated minimum Registered Retirement Income Fund [RRIF] withdrawals. Retirees across the country have called for immediate action by way of a two year moratorium and their new government appears to have only partially heard them.Read more.

Your Health: Will the Internet and the Boomers Really Revolutionize the Traditional Healthcare Model? David Cravit, Zoomer enthusiast and author of The New Old: How Boomers are Changing Everything… Again recently addressed a room full of information technology and medical professionals at Cancer Care Ontario’s 2008 Cancer Leadership Forum. His presentation examined how boomers were going to change the traditional healthcare models because, according to Cravit, we have entered the era of the patient as a consumer. Read more.

Your Rights: Are You Safe To Drive? Since driving at any age remains an integral part of all of our lives, Candrive’s research aims to improve the safety of older drivers and to develop an easy to use tool for health care professionals to determine who might be at risk. Read more.