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/CNW/ - As Canada recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, we need to continue to support community service organizations that help seniors stay active and engaged....
Share this article Share this article TORONTO, June 15, 2021 /CNW/ - Seniors are too often victims of not only physical and sexual abuse, but also neglect, psychological or financial abuse, often perpetrated by a person in a position of trust. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerabated these harms by further isolating many seniors. Yet there is no one accepted definition of senior abuse in Canada or around the world, hampering collaboration, data collection and progress against this scourge. Today, at an event organized by CanAge, Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario and the Canadian Network for the ...
Share this article Share this article BURNABY, BC, April 8, 2021 /CNW/ - While the pandemic has been hard on everyone, it has been hardest on seniors. Seniors helped build the country we know and love today, and the Government of Canada is committed to helping reduce their social isolation. Today, Deb Schulte, Minister of Seniors, took part in a virtual event with the United Way of the Lower Mainland (UWLM) for the official national launch of Healthy Aging CORE (Collaborative Online Resources and Education), funded by $250,000 from the Government of Canada. This online knowledge hub will h...
Share this article Share this article GATINEAU, QC, March 15, 2021 /CNW/ - Please join Lloyd Longfield, Member of Parliament for Guelph, for a virtual roundtable on seniors' issues during the COVID–19 pandemic with Canada's Minister of Seniors, Deb Schulte and Guelph organizations. Media availability will follow the roundtable discussion. Please note that all details are subject to change. All times are local. DATE
iPolitics By Janet E Silver. Published on Jan 6, 2021 5:46pm Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke to U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday about a wide range of issues that did not include ending Britain’s frozen-pension policy, which is affecting Britons living in Canada. About 150,000 U.K. state pensioners live in Canada, but are are not entitled to the same annual inflation-based pension increases as those living in the U.K. Late last month, the U.K.’s All-Parliamentary Group on Frozen British Pensions released the results of an inquiry into the frozen pensions of British c...