Finance committee  Certainly we've identified that over the last couple of years, and we've seen some improvement by the government to at least address the issue. When people earn their money over their lifetime and then all of a sudden they have to claw back some of it, it just doesn't seem approp

Finance committee  I couldn't agree with you more. We definitely need a national seniors strategy that encompasses a lot of different issues that are out there. Certainly it's very gracious that we've been receiving more funding to support our seniors, but it's still not enough. As I alluded to, w

Finance committee  We actually have five, but certainly I—

Finance committee  Certainly it's financial security, as I alluded to earlier. We're very concerned about the lack of interest in rolling back the RRIF, and also in the protection of pensions. I think they're a very big issue. We've had a number of sessions here at Parliament with a number of our

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, members of Parliament, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon—or almost good evening, now. My name's Rick Baker and I'm the president of the Ottawa chapter of CARP, which stands for the Canadian Association of Retired Persons. It's certainly my privilege to speak on beh