BC FORUM’s President reports on the group’s recent activities in early 2019.
Pensions
BC FORUM report to National Pensioners Federation affiliate leaders
February 11th, 2019
2018 London Ontario Pre-retirement Course Date
May 10th, 2018
A two-day, no-charge pre-retirement course will be held in London, Ontario in June 2018.
Ethics commissioner to examine Morneau’s pension role
November 10th, 2017
The Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner will examine whether Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s role in supporting a bill on pensions violated the conflict-of-interest law, according to the CBC.
NDP MP introduces bill to give workers more protection in corporate bankruptcies
November 8th, 2017
New Democrat Scott Duvall (Hamilton Mountain) has introduced a Private Member’s Bill in the House of Commons that would give workers higher payment priority when their company goes bankrupt.
Submission on Bill C-27, an Act to amend the Pension Benefits Standards Act
June 1st, 2017
CURC is strongly supportive of increasing the Canada Pension Plan/Quebec Pension Plan (CPP/QPP) to 50% of the average wage: CPP/QPP covers all workers and thus has a large contribution base to draw on, making it more efficient to administer.
Re-defining your pension rights in favour of corporate profits
May 16th, 2017
In 2014, under Harper, it was about replacing defined benefit pension plans with defined ‘contribution’ plans. Today, under Trudeau, it is about replacing defined benefit pension plans with ‘target’ benefit plans. It’s more than semantics. This proposed change could have a retroactive impact on present pensioners’ benefits.
CURC compliments government on budget measures, but seeks improvements
April 6th, 2016
Text of a letter to federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau
CURC marches for pensioners in Hamilton
April 6th, 2016
CURC joined members of the Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees (SOAR) in a Jan. 30 march to protest the decision to attack the benefits and pensions of workers at US Steel (formerly Stelco).
2016 Ottawa Pre-Retirement Courses announced
April 6th, 2016
The Ottawa Area Council of CURC has announced 2016 Pre-Retirement Courses in May and November.
Sarnia CURC supports Real Canadian Superstore strikers
July 8th, 2015
Ted Hext and striking UFCW members July 8, 2015 – Sarnia Area President Ted Hext was among those out in support of the striking UFCW Sisters and Brothers at the Real Canadian Superstore in Sarnia. Most of these workers make minimum wage or just above, but most disturbing is that the company was offering 20% […]
