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The real reasons Four Unions accepted a Shared Risk Pension Scheme
The real reasons they (Four Unions) accepted a Shared Risk Pension Scheme and the Government’s apparent strategy to force it on PSSA Pension Members ...
The NB Pension Coalition wishes to respond to recent Op-Ed articles in the Telegraph Journal by NB Union, Nursing and CUPE union leaders.
Throughout the debate on public pension reform in the Province it has been assumed that at the very least the Government would treat everyone fairly and would not seek to turn one group of employees (or ex-employees) against another to further their own agenda. However, that is exactly what they are doing.
Pension Coalition's presence at the Legislature during Question
Here are the arrival times for each day (QP will begin ½ hour later).
Tuesday, May 7th – 12:30 pm
Wednesday, May 8th – 9:30 am
Thursday, May 9th – 12:30 pm
Friday, May 10th – 8:30 am
Here are a few instructions and things you should know:
Response to Kevin Lacey’s Opinion piece on SRPP
Mr. Lacey, representing the Canadian Taxpayers Foundation, recently chose to belittle the very real concerns of public service retirees in their fight to have the Province honour its contractual arrangements to them. I am disappointed that he is so quick to judge us and not the actions of the Government. The scope of his analysis is very limited. He accepts the figures presented by the Government at face value. He ignores the fact that all requests for working papers and information relevant to their projections have been denied. He ignores the fact that after two years and four months the Task Force on Protecting Pensions, that gave us the Shared Risk Pension Plan (SRPP): has yet to produce a required Report to Government.
THE ALWARD SHIFTED RISK PLAN FOR NB PENSIONERS / LE RÉGIME ALWARD À RISQUES DÉPLACÉS POUR LES RETRAITÉS DU N.-B.
(version français suivra)
EXCERPT / EXTRAIT
Daily Sitting 30 / jour de séance 30
April 30, 2013 Not finalized / Non finalisé le 30 avril 2013
Mr. Bonenfant : Our government knows it is on the right track when other provinces are following suit and possibly use our example when it comes to pension reform. Two Atlantic premiers, Kathy Dunderdale, from Newfoundland and Robert Ghiz, from Prince Edward Island, have shown interest in our solutions to protect pension plans in their province.
Response from Min. Higgs via Pension Secretariat to Coalition letter April 2nd
(Note: in very recent media Min. Higgs stated the desire to improve communication with Retirees. Phyllis Prendergast of the Coalition received this today.)
Dear Ms. Prendergast,
Thank you for your e-mail below and your earlier email dated 02 April 2013. I want to advise that your comments are being acknowledged and noted.
Regards, Mark Gaudet Pension Secretariat
Cc: Higgs, Blaine Hon. (FIN)
(Original Letter from the Coalition April 2/13)
Subject: Broken Contracts