This just in – in an open letter, Prime Minister Harper has made his statement on target benefit pensions for federal public servants and retirees. “We will not be moving away from the current defined benefit plan to a defined…
Read articleToday, the Canadian Coalition for Retirement Security – comprised of 22 organizations and representing nearly six million working and retired Canadians – announced its campaign to push for legislation to protect the earned pension benefits of publicand private sector employees…
Read articleAlan Freeman, former Globe and Mail finance reporter and Assistant Deputy Minister for Consultations and Communications with the federal finance department under the late Jim Flaherty, reports from the 2015 budget lock-up on behalf of the National Association of Federal…
Read articleThe Treasury Board has announced the new Public Service Health Care Plan (PSHCP) Monthly Contribution Rates that will come into effect April 1, 2015. The new contribution rates will be taken from the March 30, 2015 pension cheques. Click here…
Read articleThe federal government announcement today that it will increase the Earnings Loss Benefit for part-time reservists was a welcome message for members of the National Association of Federal Retirees, although much still remains to be done for Canada’s veterans, says…
Read articleOn February 27, 2015, the law firm Gowling Henderson Lafleur LLP filed a Notice of Application in the Federal Court of Canada on behalf of the National Association of Federal Retirees and some of its members. The Notice of Application…
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