CLC'S "RETIREMENT SECURITY FOR EVERYONE"
CAMPAIGN
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Canada is at a crossroads, just like it was forty years ago when it was time to do something about our health care system. Today, we need to do something about retirement income, and we need to do it soon.
It’s time to change some things
The problem with Canada’s retirement income system has become so obvious that even bank economists have started to admit the RRSP approach has failed. There’s too much risk and not enough security to ensure that, after a lifetime of work, people can retire and live out their last years in dignity.
We need to increase CPP benefits, boost low-income (GIS) public pensions so no senior lives in poverty, and introduce federal pension insurance to protect our hard-earned retirement savings.
Raising the minimum retirement income floor with more robust public pensions combined with the guaranteed protection of additional savings offers clear benefits to everyone.
Whether retirement is just around the corner or something that’s decades into the future, Labour’s plan for Retirement Security has clear benefits for everyone - no matter where you work.
Will the CLC plan work? You bet!
“But convincing the government to begin doubling the Canada Pension Plan won’t be easy. The banks and financial institutions that make big profits from RRSP sales already oppose the idea.”
Can we do it? With your help, we can win. And here’s how...
Assist with the campaign, Sign up online now. Sign on to the petition.
Call your Member of Parliament. Tell them you support the CLC’s position on phasing in the doubling of the CPP. Ask them to support it.
Call your Provincial Representative and ask them to support the CLC’s proposed change to the CPP.
Join the Facebook page “Retirement Security for Everyone”.
TALK TO CO-WORKERS in your workplace and ask them to call their MPs and provincial government representatives.
Ensure this campaign is discussed at your union meeting.
Write a letter to your local newspaper.
What is the 4th Monday of every month?
That is the time when retirees gather in the back room at Country Boy Restaurant to just sit back and relax over breakfast and a coffee to reconnect and get caught up on what’s happening in each other’s lives. When this little group was started by Paul Schmidt and Len Weber they never expected that it would last as long as it has, but here we are in our 16th year.
So whether you are retired, or just want to catch up with some of your old friends, why don’t you stop in some time and join us. Remember the 4thMonday of every month. You never know who you might see.
FRONT: Frank Schatz, Norm Kind, Merv Stalkie
MIDDLE: Tom Gross, Gerry Zehr, Murray Rittinger, George Hartung, Terry Arndt
REAR: John Coghill, Claire Mac Donald, Bob Lishman, George Scott, Wilf Maier, Lenny Weber, Ron Whitehead
FRONT: George Hartung, John Brown, Carl Schuett, Paul Schmidt
MIDDLE: Neil Bricker, Tom Delaney, Pat Kavanagh, Paul Mennie, Paul Haggerman,
Glen Shantz
REAR: Harvey Dessler, Bob Rintoul, Gerry Swing, Jim Grandy, Neil Bindernagel
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