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December
23
23
December

Labour Board rules PSAC’s grievance on transition to Canada Life will move forward [1]

PSAC welcomes a recent decision from the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board that allows  [2]

October
11
11
October

Government refuses to take accountability for Canada Life fiasco  [3]

In 2023, the government made the unilateral decision to transition the administration of the Public Service Health Care Plan (PSHCP) from Sun Life to Canada Life. This transition was so poorly executed that thousands of members saw their claims denied. Many ended up accumulating thousands of dollars in credit card debt because Canada Life would delay or wrongfully deny the reimbursement of costly medication.
June
20
20
June

Canada Life: PSAC pleased parliamentary committee recommends compensation to members [4]

PSAC welcomes several of the recommendations from the parliamentary committee investigating the Canada Life fiasco, which support the union’s calls for federal public service workers to be compensated for issues with the health care plan change.  

February
28
28
February

PSAC files policy grievance for issues with Canada Life [5]

PSAC has filed a policy grievance against Treasury Board for the poor management of the transfer of the Public Service Healt

February
13
13
February

Cyber incident impacts Public Service Health Care Plan [6]

PSAC has been notified of a cybersecurity incident on MSH International’s systems, the international insurer for Canada Life

December
8
8
December

Canada Life fiasco: Richard’s story [7]

The government of Canada’s decision to transition to Canada Life to provide health insurance benefits for more than 1.7 million current and former federal public service workers and their dependents has caused frustrating challenges and delays for plan members. We’re highlighting some of the ongoing issues that members are facing as we continue to pressure the government, urge members to take action [8] for the government to resolve issues with Canada Life, and wait for the outcome of the OGGO committee meeting that happened this week. 

November
22
22
November

Workers demand solutions to Canada Life fiasco [9]

PSAC is organizing rallies across the country calling on the federal government to resolve issues with Canada Life Insurance

November
10
10
November

Canada Life fiasco: Kari’s story [10]

The government of Canada’s decision to transition to Canada Life to provide health insurance benefits for more than 1.7 million current and former federal public service workers and their dependents has caused frustrating challenges and delays for plan members. We’re highlighting some of the ongoing issues that members are facing as we continue to pressure the government and urge members to take action for the government to resolve issues with Canada Life.

November
3
3
November

Canada Life fiasco: Bianca’s story [11]

The government of Canada’s decision to transition to Canada Life to provide health insurance benefits for more than 1.7 million current and former federal public service workers and their dependents has caused frustrating challenges and delays for plan members. We’re highlighting some of the ongoing issues that members are facing as we continue to pressure the government and urge members to take action for the government to resolve issues with Canada Life.

October
27
27
October

Take action: Turn up the pressure to improve Canada Life insurance [8]

Take action 

September
28
28
September

FAQ: Public Service Health Care Plan & Canada Life [12]

Did PSAC negotiate this change to move to Canada Life?
August
29
29
August

Public Service Health Care Plan: Canada Life transition update [13]

Earlier this year, PSAC announced that we successfully negotiated key improvements to the Public Service Health Care Plan (PSHCP) for federal public service workers, and the new plan came into effect on July 1, 2023.  


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Links
[1] https://psacunion.ca/labour-board-rules-psacs-grievance-transition
[2] https://psacunion.ca/http%26lt%3B/body%26gt%3B%26lt%3B/html%26gt%3B
[3] https://psacunion.ca/government-refuses-take-accountability-canada-life
[4] https://psacunion.ca/canada-life-psac-pleased-parliamentary-committee
[5] https://psacunion.ca/psac-files-policy-grievance-issues-canada-life-0
[6] https://psacunion.ca/cyber-incident-impacts-public-service-health-care
[7] https://psacunion.ca/canada-life-fiasco-richards-story
[8] https://psacunion.ca/take-action-turn-pressure-improve-canada-life
[9] https://psacunion.ca/workers-demand-solutions-canada-life-fiasco
[10] https://psacunion.ca/canada-life-fiasco-karis-story
[11] https://psacunion.ca/canada-life-fiasco-biancas-story
[12] https://psacunion.ca/faq-public-service-health-care-plan-canada-life
[13] https://psacunion.ca/public-service-health-care-plan-canada-life-0