CARP Federal Pre-Budget Submission
Read CARP's pre-budget submission to the Standing Committee on Finance submitted August 14th 2009.Read more
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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GST Harmonization – Good for Business but Good for You?
British Columbia and Ontario plan to harmonize their provincial sales taxes with the GST in 2010. Manitoba is considering it. But the political debate is anything but harmonious. Read more
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Primer on Harmonization
In Ontario, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island there is a GST and a PST. Harmonization will replace this with a single harmonized sales tax. Read more
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Joseph Brant CEO Responds to CARP's Open Letter
Last month we reported that CARP was receiving a lot of complaints from older people and their caregivers who felt they had received poor treatment at Joseph Brant hospital...After much uproar Hospital CEO Eric Vanderwall, issued a press release announcing that the Home First Program was in the process of being reviewed. Read more
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A primer on Neuropathic Pain
by Angela Mailis-Gagnon, MD, MSc, FRCPC
...there is another kind of pain, a strange one that comes from cut or pinched nerves (like the sciatic nerve at the back of your legs), an injured spinal cord (as in the case of spinal cord injury with paralysis)...Read more
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Landmark Human Rights Tribunal Decision Eliminates Mandatory Retirement in Federally Regulated Industries
In the landmark case of Vilven and Kelly v. Air Canada Pilot's Association, the Human Rights Tribunal has found that section 15(1)(c) of the Canadian Human Rights Act which allows mandatory retirement controvenes s. 15 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Click here to read the decision
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The Canadian Red Cross disaster services team needs volunteers!
Each year Canadian Red Cross volunteers help millions of Canadians prevent and respond to small and large-scale disasters. Volunteers play an important role in educating communities about how to be better prepared for all emergency situations. Read more...
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Special Canada Day Report: How Canada stole the American Dream
Last Call to Submit your Nominations for CARP's 25th Anniversary “Top 25 Canadians Award”
Last Call to Submit your Nominations for CARP's 25th Anniversary "Top 25 Canadians Award"
"I can think of a dozen people who could be nominated" says General Richard Rohmer. Gail Hinchliffe says she too can think of several people deserving of the honour. And Dr. Colin Powell, who practices Geriatric Medicine at Rockyview General Hospital in Calgary, says he meets people on a weekly basis who are worthy of the nomination. Read more.
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