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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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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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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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 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…
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