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Saturday, April 24, 2010
April 26th 2010
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IN THIS ISSUE
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1. HIGH NOON FOR PENSION REFORM
2. BATTLE LINES HARDEN OVER DRUG REFORM PLAN
3. FINANCE COMMITTEE HEARING ON THE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY OF
CANADIANS
4. CARP CALLS FOR RETRACTION OF MISLEADING ADVERTISING BY
PHARMACISTS
5. SUSAN ENG TALKS DRUG REFORM ON THE BUSINESS NEWS NETWORK
6. PENSION REFORM - LESS TALK MORE ACTION
7. NEW HEALTH COUNCIL OF CANADA REPORT ON CHRONIC ILLNESS CARE
8. CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN SYNDROME IN MEN, PART II
9. SUSAN ENG ON THE AGENDA TO DISCUSS GENERIC DRUG PRICE CUTS
10. TWO PART PENSION REFORM VIDEO PRESENTATION BY SUSAN ENG
11. FEDERAL FINANCE MINISTER VISITS WINNIPEG FOR MEETING ON
OVERHAULING PENSION PLAN
12. ALBERTA PENSION REFORM CONSULTATIONS
13. ALBERTA PENSION REFORM CONSULTATION PAPER
14. CARP LETTER TO THE ALBERTA MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND ENTERPRISE
15. CARP SUBMISSION TO ALBERTA PENSIONS CONSULTATION
16. CARP PRESENTATION TO THE ONTARIO STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
17. CARP IN MANITOBA
18. CARP IN MANITOBA
19. JIM FLAHERTY 'S POSITION STATEMENT ON PENSION REFORM
20. NOVA SCOTIA FINANCE MINISTER GRAHAM STEELE'S POSITION ON PENSION
REFORM
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High noon for pension reform
by JONATHAN CHEVREAU
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It's "high noon for pension reform" and time to move from
debates to decisions, pension consultant Keith Ambachtsheer says
in a widely circulated new report. The president of KPA Advisory
Services Ltd. is pushing for a supplement to the Canada Pension
Plan that would benefit the 75% of Canadians who don't have
employer pensions. His focus on improving prospects for
middle-income Canadians earning $30,000 to $100,000 makes it one
of the leading contenders for reform. Originally published in
The Financial Post April 17th, 2010. To go to the Financial Post
website, please Read more... [
http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3951137%2CbgQTBLp
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Battle lines harden over drug reform plan
by VIK KIRSCH
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Battle lines are being drawn in a growing skirmish between
pharmacists and Queen's Park over the Liberal government's
controversial drug reform plan to cut costs to the public purse.
The Financial Post [
http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3951139%2CbgQTBLp
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Finance Committee Hearing on the Retirement Income Security of
Canadians
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In late March CARP was back on Parliament Hill to renew its call
for a Universal Pension Plan that would provide a retirement
savings vehicle for the one in three working Canadians who
retire without any savings. At a Committee hearing convened to
discuss the retirement income security of Canadians, CARP
presented its proposals and most recent poll results. Read more
[
http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3951152%2CbgQTBLp
]
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CARP calls for Retraction of Misleading advertising by
Pharmacists
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TORONTO, ON: CARP calls for Retraction of Misleading Advertising
by Pharmacists which deliberately misquotes a voluntary
chairperson of a local CARP chapter.Bruce Draper, the Chair of
CARP'S Windsor-Essex chapter is inappropriately and without his
consent or knowledge misquoted in a full page ad run in the
Peterborough Examiner today by the people behind www.stopcuts.ca
as saying "The McGuinty Government's health care cuts will hurt
seniors".Read more [
http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3951138%2CbgQTBLp ]
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Susan Eng Talks Drug Reform on the Business News Network
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Susan Eng participated in a panel discussion of so-called
"Professional Allowances" paid to pharmacists. Read more [
http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3951157%2CbgQTBLp
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Pension Reform - Less Talk more Action
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If talk is all we needed, then pension reform is all but
accomplished. You can't turn around without someone holding
forth an opinion on our retirement security or insecurity. And
all this talk has brought the industry players to the table with
their own new and improved offerings to help us out. And that's
the good news! Read more [
http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3951143%2CbgQTBLp
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New Health Council of Canada Report on Chronic Illness Care
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On April 28, the Health Council of Canada will release the third
bulletin in the Canadian Health Care Matters series. Beyond the
Basics: The Importance of Patient-Provider Interactions in
Chronic Illness Care, is based on an analysis of data from the
2008 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey of
Sicker Adults. Read more [
http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3951141%2CbgQTBLp
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Chronic pelvic pain syndrome in men, PART II
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In this article I will continue to address CPPS, a serious and
disabling problem that affects many men, with the second part of
my article. Read more [
http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3951142%2CbgQTBLp
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Susan Eng on The Agenda to Discuss Generic Drug Price Cuts
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On Tuesday April 22nd, Susan Eng joined The Agenda's Steve
Paikin for a panel discussion regarding recent drug reforms
targeting allowances paid to pharmacists by drug companies. Read
more [
http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3951140%2CbgQTBLp
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Two Part Pension Reform Video Presentation by Susan Eng
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Susan Eng, CARP VP of Advocacy spoke at to the Ontario
Federation and Labour and the Canadian Labour Congress at a
pension summit held in April 2010. Read more... [
http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3926123%2CbgQTBLp
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Federal Finance Minister visits Winnipeg for meeting on
overhauling pension plan
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Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty visited Winnipeg Monday
as part of a cross-country trek to get feedback on how to reform
Canada's pension plan. Flaherty said that the talks have
implications for all citizens. click here [
http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3951136%2CbgQTBLp
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Alberta pension reform consultations
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The Alberta government launched pension reform consultations and
issued a consultation paper that stressed the need for action to
improve Canada's retirement income system. Surprisingly, Alberta
Finance Minster Ted Morton appeared to resist reforming Canada's
retirement income system by suggesting that pension reform
should span a decade. Read more... [
http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3951154%2CbgQTBLp
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Alberta Pension Reform Consultation Paper
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To read a copy of Alberta's Pension Reform Consultation Paper,
please click here [ http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3951204%2CbgQTBLp Pension
Consultatio paper march 2010.pdf ].
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CARP Letter to the Alberta Ministry of Finance and Enterprise
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To read a copy of the letter CARP sent to Alberta Ministry of
Finance please click here. [ http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3471134%2CbgQTBLp Ted
Morton March 22, 2010.pdf ],
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CARP Submission to Alberta Pensions Consultation
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To read the Submission CARP has made in response to the
consultation paper, please click here [
http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3951155%2CbgQTBLp 2010.pdf ].
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CARP Presentation to the Ontario Standing Committee on Finance
and Economic Affairs
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On April 1st 2010, CARP was invited to comment on Bill 236, An
Act to Amend the Pension Benefits Act. Read more [
http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3951156%2CbgQTBLp
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CARP in Manitoba
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CARP was invited to the federal pension reform roundtable in
Winnipeg where CARP's proposal for a Universal Pension plan was
presented directly to Finance Minister James Flaherty, Seniors
Minister Diane Ablonczy and Parliamentary secretary to the
finance minister, Ted Menzies. Manitoba finance minister Rosann
Wowchuk was also in attendance. Read more [
http://www.imakenews.com/eletra/go.cfm?z=carp%2C438679%2Cbct7jVmF%2C3951153%2CbgQTBLp
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Published by CARP (mailto:support@carp.ca)
Copyright (C) 2010 CARP, A New Vision of Aging for Canada. All rights reserved.
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