‘Tis the season – budget season! During the spring months, Canada’s federal, territorial and provincial governments are hard at work crunching numbers, fine-tuning policies and programs, and churning out budgets that will shape where we live, retire and play. In…
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We want to hear from you! You can make a big difference to our advocacy work and win amazing prizes just by sharing your opinion The last time we comprehensively surveyed our membership in 2016, we received 16,604 responses!…
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Some federal employees and retirees have been living under the shadow of Phoenix and related financial pressures for over four years. The Treasury Board has published the next element of the Phoenix damages agreement that was co-developed with several…
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Beginning on March 1, approximately 46,000 Albertans could lose health coverage. In October 2019, Alberta’s provincial government released its 2019 budget which included some proposed changes to health-care coverage for Albertans. Federal Retirees is concerned by the government’s decision…
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In November 2019, we provided you with an update on Ontario’s decision to cancel its Out-of-Country Travellers Program, as of Jan. 1, 2020. With the program’s elimination, we have received questions about the effect of this decision for members in…
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Brenda Powell (left), president of Charlottetown Branch, is pictured here presenting the grand prize to a very lucky member of her branch, Anna Anderson. Congratulations to Anna Anderson of the Association’s Charlottetown Branch, the grand prize winner of the 2019…
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The federal government has launched an online consultation called #YourBudget in preparation for the tabling of the 2020 federal budget. Prior to this fall’s election, the House of Commons Finance Committee also started its consultation process by collecting written submissions….
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Federal Retirees president Jean-Guy Soulière (rignt) is pictured here thanking the director of the Moncton Pay Centre, Renée Leger, for her hard work and that of her team. The Federal Retirees board of directors recently travelled to the East…
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On Dec. 12, 2019, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau released ministerial mandate letters outlining the policy objectives and challenges each minister will work to accomplish and address. Mandate letters were made public for the first time in 2015 in an effort…
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On Nov. 22, Federal Retirees attended “Making Seniors’ Care Matter: Ensuring quality and accessible care for seniors across Canada,” a conference presented by the Canadian Health Coalition and the Research Center in Social Innovation and Transformation at Saint Paul University in…
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In 2016, seven former members of the Canadian Armed Forces initiated a class-action lawsuit against the government of Canada alleging sexual harassment, sexual assault or discrimination based on sex, gender, gender identity or sexual orientation in connection with their military…
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Simon Coakeley, CEO of the National Association of Federal Retirees, is shown here among audience members in CPAC coverage of the speech from the throne to open the 43rd Parliament. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/J7WRWNVaGKk. On Dec. 5, Her Excellency…
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