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Updates

March
23
23
March

Long-term care patients pay the price in Revera-Extendicare deal [1]

A new transaction between private long-term care providers Revera and Extendicare merely shuffles the board rather than solving the crisis in private long-term care homes that has led to thousands

May
28
28
May

PSAC launches campaign to bring long-term care into public hands [2]

Canadians will never forget the horrible images of seniors suffering alone in private long-term care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

May
13
13
May

Public service pensions putting profit before people [3]

PSAC opposes the use of Canada Pension Plan (CPP) funds to take water out of public hands in Brazil. The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is buying 45 per cent of Igua Saneamento, a Brazilian s

March
22
22
March

Government must support NDP plan to take private profits out of long term care [4]

As a first step, the NDP is urging the government to immediately transition Revera Inc. to public ownership.

March
19
19
March

Victory: Public service pension manager sells stake in for-profit prisons [5]

After pressure from PSAC to act urgently, PSPIB has finished selling all its shares in two for-profit prison companies.

March
12
12
March

Public service pension manager must stop investing in for-profit prisons [6]

PSAC members don’t want their pensions invested in those profiting from human suffering.

December
10
10
December

Long term care crisis: Revera Inc. dials up public relations spin [7]

PSAC members remain deeply concerned by their pension plan’s ownership of Revera.

October
21
21
October

Victory: Supreme Court reaffirms women’s equality in the workplace [8]

PSAC welcomes the Supreme Court of Canada's recent decision in the Fraser case.
August
7
7
August

PSAC pushes back against misleading reporting of federal pension plan [9]

PSAC is advocating to roll back changes that the government made to its reporting of federal pension costs because they make the cost of the plan volatile. 

May
26
26
May

PSAC calls on public service pension plan to pull out of the business of long-term care [10]

PSAC National President Chris Aylward has called [11] on Public Sector Pension Investments (PSP) to end

April
21
21
April

PSAC urges pension protection amid pandemic [12]

In late March, PSAC recommended the government take several measures to address financial and economic uncertainty affecting a number of smaller pension plans in the federal sector.

March
21
21
March

Retiring from the Public Service of Canada: Some Useful Tips – Now Available! [13]

The latest version (2019) of the PSAC publication, “Retiring from the Public Service of Canada: Some Useful Tips” is now available.

October
26
26
October

Liberal bill an attack on pensions [14]

The Liberal government is following the Conservatives’ lead by introducing legislation that will allow employers to reduce pension benefits.


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Links
[1] https://psacunion.ca/long-term-care-patients-pay-the-price
[2] https://psacunion.ca/psac-launches-campaign-bring-long-term-care-public
[3] https://psacunion.ca/public-service-pensions-putting-profit-people
[4] https://psacunion.ca/government-must-support-ndp-plan-take-private
[5] https://psacunion.ca/victory-public-service-pension-manager-sells-stake
[6] https://psacunion.ca/public-service-pension-manager-must-stop-investing
[7] https://psacunion.ca/long-term-care-crisis-revera-inc-dials-public
[8] https://psacunion.ca/victory-supreme-court-reaffirms-womens-equality
[9] https://psacunion.ca/psac-pushes-back-against-misleading-reporting
[10] https://psacunion.ca/PSAC-long-term-care-revera
[11] https://psacunion.ca/sites/psac/files/attachments/pdfs/revera_inc._-_may_12_2020.pdf
[12] https://psacunion.ca/psac-urges-pension-protection-amid-pandemic
[13] https://psacunion.ca/retiring-public-service-canada-some-useful-tips
[14] https://psacunion.ca/liberal-bill-attack-pensions