Earlier this week, federal Liberal Finance Minister Bill Morneau introduced Bill C-27, which would amend the Pension Benefits Standards Act and make possible target benefit pension plans for federally-regulated and Crown corporation employers. (This would not affect federal public sector employees…
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Retirement income and health care security: good for retirees, good for Canada Usually, the federal government starts consultations for the coming year’s budget over the summer, and this year was no different. In June 2016, the House of Commons Standing…
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Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have reached tentative agreements, averting the prospect of a labour dispute that has loomed over the talks for months. “The agreements will avert a work disruption, bringing much-needed certainty in…
Read article As concerns over a possible postal interruption continue, we wanted to offer our members some helpful tips to mitigate any impact it could have on your daily lives. We’re also working to make the Canada Post service disruption as painless as…
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Public Service Health Care Plan (PSHCP) and Pensioners’ Dental Services Plan (PDSP) members may be concerned with claim submission and reimbursement in the event of a Canada Post labour disruption. The postal service disruption could occur as early as Monday,…
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Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau Federal Retirees believes yesterday’s agreement between federal and provincial finance ministers on moderate Canada Pension Plan expansion signals better retirement income security for many Canadians. “This is quite historic – the Canada Pension Plan is…
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Our in-house health advocacy and policy officer benefits expert, Louise Bergeron, attended the Hill Times conference on innovations in seniors’ care on June 2 to glean some insight for our members. Here’s her account: Innovation seems to be the…
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For affected retirees, the changes should not affect pension disbursements. The changes will translate to a new contact to respond to pension-related questions. The administration of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) pension plans is moving from the Department of…
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Louise Bergeron Louise Bergeron, Federal Retirees Advocacy and Policy Advisor Officer on health –related topics, attended the May 12th Canada Conference Board gathering entitled Healthy Canada: Future Care for Canadian Seniors to glean some insight and inform future discussions. She…
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Dima Sobko / shutterstock.com Health Minister Jane Philpott remarked in a recent House of Commons Health Committee meeting that pharmacare “is not part of my current mandate” and that “it sounds like it might be expensive and that’s one of the reasons…
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The National Association of Federal Retirees is pleased yesterday’s federal budget includes key improvements for veterans and investments for seniors. “We have been fighting for these improvements for several years so we were quite pleased to see them included in…
Read articleLaura Payton The first federal budget under Justin Trudeau’s Liberals gives no sign of what might be in store for the Canada Pension Plan or civil servant pensions. The budget tabled this afternoon in Ottawa reiterates the federal Liberals’…
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