Elvis Goes to Collingwood!
Our team from the CARP National Office in Toronto, and volunteers from the local Georgian Bay Chapter, including new Chair and local resident, Ian Kerr, got all shook up at the 2010 Collingwood Elvis Festival this past July. Anthony Quinn, CARP Manager Community Development grew Elvis sideburns just for the weekend. In conjunction with our friends at AM740 and VisionTV, (official media sponsors of the event) CA... read more

Retirees wary of Tory census move
Originally published in the Globe and Mail on July 26th, 2010. To go to the Globe and Mail Website please click here Canada’s seniors, who can be counted on to vote and tend to vote Conservative, are angry over the government’s decision to scrap the mandatory census long form, according to a new poll suggesting Stephen Harper could be punished in a general election as a result. The online poll by CARP – the nationa... read more

CARP POLL: CENSUS DEBACLE OFFENDS CONSERVATIVE “BASE” SUPPORTERS WHO CALL FOR REVERSAL OF DECISION AND FOR INDEPENDENT STATSCAN
TORONTO, ON: CARP calls on government to reverse its decision to replace the Long Form Census with a voluntary survey. CARP members polled overwhelmingly oppose the decision, do not accept the government’s claims, do not have privacy concerns with the census and claim they will punish the government at the polls if this policy is not reversed. Click here to view overnight poll results for July 25th 2010, the day of thi... read more