Tag: Pensions and Benefits
Alberta needs pension reform: AFL Report says more than half of senior families have no pension
EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour says the provincial government needs to get on board with Canadian Pension Plan reform or get out of the way. In a report […]
Read more »AFL wants CPP expansion
The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) is calling the Alberta government out on its stance against an enhanced Canada Pension Plan (CPP). In a report released on November 16 by […]
Read more »2010 Nov Speaking Notes – Launch of REAL Pension Reform Campaign
Launch of AFL Real Pension Reform Campaign November 16, 2010 Matrix Hotel, Edmonton, Alberta Good morning and welcome. We’ve invited you here today because a crisis is looming: a crisis […]
Read more »Hey Ted, Albertans want REAL pension reform: Labour groups urge Alberta Tories to stop standing in the way of CPP expansion
Edmonton – A campaign for REAL pension reform was launched in Alberta today to persuade the provincial government to change its mind and join the growing consensus around expanding the […]
Read more »It IS Broke – So Fix it!
It IS Broke … so fix it! Why real pension reform is needed to address Alberta’s looming crisis in retirement income A report by economist Hugh MacKenzie that shows Albertans […]
Read more »AFL & CLC launch campaign aimed at bolstering the CPP
Labour groups hope to pressure Alberta to accept federal proposals to improve pensions. In June, Alberta Finance Minister Ted Morton said the province will not support a proposed expansion of […]
Read more »November 2010: Better health and safety rules; pension reform; Parkland fall conference; Lakoff lecture highlights; stop Calgary Public Library cuts
AFL demands better health and safety rules The AFL has released a 10-point plan on workplace health and safety (click here for the plan), calling for immediate action from the […]
Read more »October 2010: Pension reform; Lakoff lecture/workshop; health-care proposals; workplace injury and fatality records website
New poll shows massive support for pension reform More than three quarters of Canadians support increasing Canada Pension Plan benefits, according to a new national survey released today by Canadian […]
Read more »Reforming Canada’s Pension Plan
Only thirty-three percent of Albertans are covered by a workplace pension plan, a rate below the national average. And with the number of retirees set to spike as the baby […]
Read more »Gov’t gains critical support for CPP hike: Alberta among minority of provinces opposed to higher premiums
Federal and provincial finance ministers have rallied around a mandatory, modest and gradual expansion of the Canada Pension Plan as the best route for fattening Canadians’ retirement incomes. Finance Minister […]
Read more »Alberta labour group questions CPP plans
One Alberta labour group says it doesn’t believe the provincial finance minister when it comes to CPP. In a letter published in a Charlottetown newspaper Sunday, Gil McGowan with the […]
Read more »Albertans want pension reform’: labour leader
Albertans want pension reform, despite what the province’s finance minister might say, according to the president of the Alberta Federation of Labour. On Sunday, Gil McGowan wrote a letter that […]
Read more »Ted Morton doesn’t speak for Albertans on pension reform: Don’t allow improvements to be derailed, finance ministers warned
Edmonton – Canada’s finance ministers are being urged to ignore the opinions they are hearing from their Alberta counterpart, Ted Morton. In an open letter in today’s Guardian newspaper in […]
Read more »April 2010: Auditor General Report on Occupational Health and Safety; Temporary Foreign Workers; Pensions; Phone now to save union jobs
Lives of workers put at risk by government The government’s shocking failure to enforce its own workplace safety laws is putting thousands of workers at risk, according to a new […]
Read more »Morton’s remarks suggest Alberta is abandoning its leadership role in the search for solutions to Canada’s looming retirement income crisis
Finance minister downplays seriousness of issue and suggests the problem can be addressed by increasing the retirement age and requiring more seniors to sell their homes to raise cash CALGARY […]
Read more »Alberta embodies need for pension reform: expert
Andrew Kohsel can testify on multiple fronts to a growing problem plaguing many of today’s seniors — and will soon spread to a large swath of baby boomers. As the […]
Read more »2004 February Submission Strengthening Alberta’s Role in Confederation
2004 February Submission Strengthening Alberta’s Role in Confederation
Read more »2008 March Submission to AB/BC Pension Standards Review Joint Panel Mar 2008
2008 March Submission to AB/BC Pension Standards Review Joint Panel Mar 2008
Read more »2008 November Response to Report to AB/BC Joint Expert Panel on Pension Standards
2008 November Response to Report to AB/BC Joint Expert Panel on Pension Standards
Read more »2002 October LCP Presentation Standing Policy Committee on Economic Development
2002 October LCP Presentation Standing Policy Committee on Economic Development
Read more »Investing in the future
Ten years ago, David MacDonald felt completely lost at a seminar on mutual funds. “There was just this sea of grey hair, with two 20-year-olds at the back,” he recalls. […]
Read more »A better nest egg for our retirement
More than half of Canadians fear they aren’t saving enough money for their retirement. Unfortunately, their fears are justified. Statistics show one in five Canadian working households have no retirement […]
Read more »October 2009: Attacks on health care; EI failing working people in Alberta; Pension reform; Send Old Dutch a message
Wrong Way! Stelmach vows to proceed with attacks on health care … In his recent televised address to the province, Premier Ed Stelmach vowed to press on with plans for […]
Read more »Labour Day pension blues
In some ways, it’s appropriate that the Labour Day holiday marks the last long weekend of summer. Let’s face it, while some of us are lucky enough to have jobs […]
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