Items from the Quarterly Publication
Canadian Pensioners Concerned
Ontario Division
September 2009 Vol 35, Issue 3.
Regular issues of CPC Viewpoint are published
February, May, September, and November.
Editor: Dorothy Archer
Layout: Margaret (Peggy) Gunhouse
Editorial Board: The Executive
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CANADIAN PENSIONERS CONCERNED
The history of an organization is necessarily a story about people, since an organization is empty and formless until people and their
work give it life and meaning.
So this is the story of the worthy efforts of a courageous, dedicated Toronto group of retired people to improve the living standard of Canada's senior citizens......
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THE EARLY YEARS
It was in December 1969 when the originators, Corabel Penfold, Harry Simpson and Don Booth got together to make plans and discuss the best way of taking public action.
They finally came to the conclusion that the most immediate relief from their problems could come from the changes in the tax structure. ......
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REMINISCING ABOUT THE PAST AND THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE
Peter Oliver, then a history professor at York, drew attention specifically to the social environment in 1969 when Canadian Pensioners Concerned (CPC) came into being.......
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CALENDAR
October 1. Ontario Seniors Secretariat. Forum on Age-Friendly Communities. Sault Ste Marie, Waterfront Centre.
October 2. Social Planning Toronto. Building the Future We Want. 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. New College, University of Toronto.
October 4. Older Women's Network and Centre for Women's Studies in Education at OISE present a public forum on housing. 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto 1:30 to 6:00 p.m.
October 15. Ontario Seniors Secretariat. Forum on Age-Friendly Communities. Ottawa, Chalmers United Church.
October 17. Ontario Health Coalition annual assembly.
October 21. CPC National annual general meeting. Bond Place, Toronto
October 21 to 24. National Pensioners' & Senior Citizens' Federation Inc. Convention. Bond Place, Toronto
October 29. Ontario Seniors Secretariat. Forum on Age-Friendly Communities. Barrie.
November 10. Ontario Seniors Secretariat. Forum on Age-Friendly Communities Windsor
November 18. Ontario Seniors Secretariat. Forum on Age-Friendly Communities. Toronto.
November 25. Ontario Seniors Secretariat. Forum on Age-Friendly Communities. Hamilton.
For more information consult the News Sheet on the CPC website or phone the office. See page 2 for contact information.
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FILLING THE GAP
Nurse practitioners (NP) across Ontario are improving access to care despite restrictions on their practice that hold them back from their full potential.........
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THE SPICE OF LIFE
I have "a shop in a box" to provide support for education programmes and local artisans in Haiti. The suitcase and several boxes beside originate from a series of trips I have made to Haiti over the past eight years ......
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SOCIAL AND POLITICAL BELIEFS: SUBJECTIVE OR OBJECTIVE
An article I wrote entitled How Popular Political and Social Opinions are Formed was included in the November 2008 issue of Viewpoint. In it I stated that most people's political views are shaped or influenced by the media.........
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NEW RURAL HOUSING ISSUES NETWORK
A new network of housing providers and concerned citizens in small towns and rural communities across Ontario, known as the Rural Housing Issues Network of Ontario (RHINO) is being formed.......
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AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES (AFC)
The Ontario Seniors' Secretariat (OSS) is promoting the Age-Friendly Communities model through seven regional forums that will be delivered in partnership with the Ontario Coalition of Senior Citizens' Organizations (OCSCO) and other OSS Liaison Committee members in the fall of 2009........
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We all get heavier as we get older because there's a lot more information in our heads. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Anonymous
BOARD HIGHLIGHTS
Meetings March 16, April 20, May 25........
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AVAILABLE DOCUMENTS
The following are briefs and position papers prepared by CPC, Ontario Division. They are available free from the office.........
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PUBLICATIONS TO NOTE
The Lung Association has produced a booklet The Healthy Home Audit. It "is a room-by-room guide that will help you identify and evaluate common indoor environmental problems that may be affecting your home and your health.........
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The Ontario Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse has launched a new hotline for seniors. It is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The new safety line is: 1-866-299-1011
Right now CPC is
providing the governments with informed input on housing, poverty and long-term health care. Your participation is important. If you are not a member, we invite you to join. $25.00 (tax deductible)
www.canpension.ca
Canadian Pensioners Concerned Inc. National Annual General Meeting. Co-hosted by the Ontario Division October 21st. 10:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Bond Place Hotel 65 Dundas St. East Toronto
For more information or hotel inquiries contact:
Winnie Fraser MacKay, President
e-mail: winniesbeach-house@pei.sympatico.ca
phone: 902-357-2224 or leave message & call will be returned
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Correction
In the May 2009 issue of Viewpoint, the name of the lawyer who does volunteer work for CPC was spelled incorrectly. It should read: Sarah Jacob.
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Did You Know....
......of all the new drugs introduced in Canada between 2001 and 2006, only 14 (less than 10 percent) were categorized by the PMPRB (Patented Medicine Prices Review Board) as a "break-through" or "substantial improvement" over existing drug products?
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