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Guaranteed Income Supplement

The Secret Cost Of The TFSA

CP | Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.18.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - A popular savings program created by the federal Conservatives is exacerbating the fiscal pressure on public pension benefits — even as the...

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Is There Really A Public Pension Crisis?

CP | Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.31.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - To hear the prime minister and his cabinet talk, Canada's public pension system is unsustainable and needs major repair — likely in the for...

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TFSAs Allowing Rich To Get Payouts Meant For The Poor

CP | Dean Beeby, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.23.2011 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - Wealthy Canadians are getting access to a retirement benefit that was intended for the elderly poor, suggests a new report on the country's r...

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Stand Up For Canada's Seniors

Irene Mathyssen, MP | Posted 11.24.2011 | Canada
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Irene Mathyssen, MP

I was honoured to have been named the Official Opposition Critic for Seniors Issues in Canada's 41st Parliament. We owe so much to the women and men w...

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