If you’re wondering whether you still have to take certain medications, don’t hesitate to bring it up with your doctor or health-care professional. In “Deprescribing: A way forward to reduce harm and costs related to prescription drugs” from the latest…
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Serving military and veteran women face unique workplace and transition challenges that must be addressed. Federal Retirees is proud to co-chair, together with Canada Research Chair and professor Dr. Maya Eichler PhD from Mount Saint Vincent University, and female veteran…
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‘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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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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The Alberta government is making changes to seniors’ drug coverage – and there could be more on the way. In October 2019, the Alberta government introduced its 2019 provincial budget. In that budget, the provincial finance minister took aim at…
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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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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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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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With the holiday season upon us, the National Association of Federal Retirees is reflecting on its busy, successful year. For this fall’s federal election, we ran our biggest and most exciting campaign to date! Our team hosted dozens of election…
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Thousands of you have been affected by Phoenix pay system problems over the last three years, and many of you have called us to inquire about compensatory measures. The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat has published new information on…
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