If you missed our webinar on national standards in long-term care, check out the video recording. The number of tragic deaths in long-term care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic have shamefully stressed the overdue need for urgent action and policy…
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If you missed our webinar on the federal political outlook for 2021, don’t worry – the video recording is ready for viewing. On April 8 at 4 p.m. EST, the National Association of Federal Retirees hosted a live webinar on the outlook for federal politics in 2021, with John…
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Monday’s budget, the first in two years, offers Canadians a peek behind the curtain – at the government’s post-pandemic priorities. Monday’s federal budget was massive. Its English version 739 pages, its spending unprecedented. It was full of firsts – the…
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Alberta NDP’s seniors critic and former seniors minister, Lori Sigurdson announces the introduction of Bill 215: Seniors Advocate Act, with the support of Rick Brick, Federal Retirees district director in the Prairies and Northwest Territories. On April 15, Alberta…
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Federal Retirees members have let us know they are looking for updates to vision care and paramedical services while keeping the PSHCP affordable. This is an important year for the PSHCP. While the plan renewal was expected to take place in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic shifted government priorities…
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With your support, Federal Retirees is calling on the Alberta government to bring back an independent seniors’ advocate. Please note this campaign has updates. Visit the new campaign page to participate. Alberta is currently home to more than 665,000 seniors. That number…
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Vaccine rollout varies from province to province, but the federal government has stated it expects all Canadians to be vaccinated by September 2021. Federal Retirees has heard from members with questions and concerns about when older adults will receive…
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Canada is the only country with universal health care that does not also offer universal prescription coverage, and that fragmentation means that Canadians pay among the highest drug costs in the world. Last month Federal Retirees supported Bill C-213…
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The National Association of Federal Retirees is looking for volunteers to fill the role of advocacy program officer in Ontario. Applications will be accepted until April 1 at 11:59 Eastern Time. Apply today! Advocacy program officers are volunteer leaders at Federal…
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Micheline Lefrançois, branch advocacy contact for our Quebec branch, has been a driving force for the Federal Retirees advocacy network, Reach 338. When Federal Retirees launched Reach 338 in 2020, one of the first branches to hit the ground running…
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These three women are Federal Retirees’ secret weapons in the B.C. and Yukon Reach 338 initiative. From left to right: Leslie Gaudette, Marg Smith, Deb Nilsen. To get politicians thinking about seniors’ issues, Federal Retirees’ Reach 338 project aims…
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Canadians consistently pay among the highest prices for prescription drugs, and 20 per cent don’t even have adequate coverage to meet their needs. Most Canadians have some form of prescription drug coverage, whether through public or government programs or…
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