Advocacy
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Advocacy Priorities
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the dreadful inadequacies in our Long-Term Care. But the truth is Long-Term Care has been broken for decades.
Long-term care in Canada needs to be re-built from the ground up, with home and community care as the foundation.
The Canadian Cancer Society says that cancer, which is the leading cause of death in Canada, will strike more than two in five Canadians, and that approximately 90% of those who develop cancer are aged 50 and over.
Providing quality and timely cancer care has to be a health system priority.
Seniors across Canada are dying every year from highly preventable illnesses. We know that taking a proactive and preventative approach to health care is the best way to ensure seniors live longer lives at home, where they want to be.
CARP is demanding that best-in-class vaccines for seniors be publicly funded and easily accessible, in all provinces and territories.
Current laws don’t protect pensioners, leaving many seniors destitute should their former employers declare bankruptcy.
CARP continues to advocate with allies to safeguard defined benefit pensions for retirees.
Seniors who have RRIFs are concerned about their retirement savings due to declining markets and projected losses for an extended and unpredictable period of time. This issue is compounded by the fact that seniors are living longer than ever before, and many depend on their RRIF to provide sustained income throughout their later years.
CARP maintains that seniors deserve to be in control of their retirement savings and not be forced to cash out RIFFs – at any age.
Actions speak louder than words (and the words can be deafening)
In the advocacy world, we have a saying: “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” It’s an oldie but a goodie, and has never been more true than it is today.
Governments and bureaucrats love to talk. It’s what they do. But talking had its time.
Action is what’s needed – and now.
CARP is about action. Our job is to cut through all of the talk — promote equitable access to health care, financial security and freedom from ageism — and demand for those changes.
Luckily, with your support, we’re doing that every day. Sometimes it’s hard to hear your own voice above the chatter but, rest assured, CARP is making the politicians listen to our members, because that’s what we do.
Thank you for joining the movement and adding your voice to our collective cause.
