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Seeking full disclosure on New Brunswick's shared risk pension model- Financial Post
Dear Members,
Please find attached an interesting article that appeared in the Financial Post on September 3, 2015 that we would like to draw your attention to, as our case seeks to move through the Court system. "The full story is one of broken promises, a flawed model and misleading communication - a recipe for disaster." http://business.financialpost.com/news/fp-street/seeking-full-disclosure-on-new-brunswicks-shared-risk-pension-model
CUPE Holding Premier to Campaign Promises - July 28, 2015
At a press conference today, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) called upon Premier Brian Gallant to honour his campaign promises to sit down at the table with groups representing civil servants and retirees to look at alternatives to the previous Conservative government’s pension reforms.
Le SCFP demande au premier ministre de tenir sa promesse électorale - Le 28 juillet 2015
En conférence de presse aujourd’hui, le Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique (SCFP) a exhorté le premier ministre Brian Gallant à tenir sa promesse électorale et à s’attabler avec les groupes qui représentent les fonctionnaires et les retraités pour chercher une solution de rechange aux réformes des régimes de retraite menées par le précédent gouvernement conservateur.
Joint Letter to Premier July 21, 2015
Premier Gallant:
The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada and Pension Coalition NB cannot accept the Shared Risk Plan.
The Shared Risk Plan was presented by the former government as entailing reform which, the Task Force affirmed, would produce a more secure, more affordable, transparent and sustainable pension plan.
Feature Article on Pensions/Article sur les Régimes de Pension
Please find (click here) a feature article that recently appeared in SAGE – The National Association of Federal Retirees Magazine – Summer 2015 – on changes that occurred in New Brunswick as well as information on proposed “targeted benefit plans” at the federal level.