Canadian Association of Retired Persons
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CARP is a Canadian
organization advocating for the rights of those fifty years of age or older.
The original mandate of CARP was to represent retired persons specifically, but for various reasons it has since expanded to cover the rights of all persons over fifty.
Like the American AARP
, CARP provides information for its membership, arranges discounts with various vendors, and advocates for their interests with government and corporations. They have a financial planning guide for their members and other interested persons, titled The CARP Financial Planning Guide, written by Warran MacKenzie and Graham Byron.
In early 2008, Moses Znaimer
became executive director of CARP, and a Znaimer-controlled company now known as ZoomerMedia
assumed responsibility for most of the organization's marketing and membership services. ZoomerMedia also publishes Zoomer Magazine, previously titled CARP Magazine.
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organization advocating for the rights of those fifty years of age or older.
The original mandate of CARP was to represent retired persons specifically, but for various reasons it has since expanded to cover the rights of all persons over fifty.
Like the American AARP
AARP
AARP, formerly the American Association of Retired Persons, is the United States-based non-governmental organization and interest group, founded in 1958 by Ethel Percy Andrus, PhD, a retired educator from California, and based in Washington, D.C. According to its mission statement, it is "a...
, CARP provides information for its membership, arranges discounts with various vendors, and advocates for their interests with government and corporations. They have a financial planning guide for their members and other interested persons, titled The CARP Financial Planning Guide, written by Warran MacKenzie and Graham Byron.
In early 2008, Moses Znaimer
Moses Znaimer
Moses Znaimer, M.A., O.Ont is a co-founder and former head of Citytv, the first independent television station in Toronto, Canada, and the current head of ZoomerMedia.-Early life and career:...
became executive director of CARP, and a Znaimer-controlled company now known as ZoomerMedia
ZoomerMedia
ZoomerMedia Limited is a group of Canadian media operations controlled by Moses Znaimer. According to Znaimer, these media outlets primarily target what he calls "zoomers" or "baby boomers with zip", defined as people in their 50s, 60s and 70s who want to remain socially and culturally engaged and...
assumed responsibility for most of the organization's marketing and membership services. ZoomerMedia also publishes Zoomer Magazine, previously titled CARP Magazine.