En coupant dans la Sécurité de la vieillesse, le gouvernement Harper s’attaque aux jeunes et aux pauvres

Ma première réaction à la décision des conservateurs de réduire les prestations de la Sécurité de la vieillesse et du Supplément de revenu garanti a été de la considérer comme une attaque contre les personnes âgées. Cependant, je suis plutôt d’avis que le gouvernement a choisi de s’attaquer aux jeunes et aux pauvres. De 2023 à 2029, l’âge d’admissibilité aux prestations de la SV et du SRG sera progressivement haussé

The Harper Government Old Age Security Cuts are an Attack on the Young and the Poor

My first reaction to the Conservatives’ reduction in old age security and guaranteed income supplement benefits was to see it as an attack on seniors, but it really is an attack on the young and the poor. Moving back eligibility for OAS/GIS benefits from age 65 to age 67 will only be phased in between 2023 and 2029, so it will have no direct effect on anybody currently 54 or

Machinists Say They Can Work With Mulcair!

Toronto, ON –“Thomas Mulcair has been a strong supporter of the Machinists on past issues and we’re confident we can work with him in the future,” said IAMAW Canadian General Vice President Dave Ritchie. Ritchie made that statement moments after Thomas Mulcair won the federal NDP Leadership on the fourth ballot at the NDP leadership convention in Toronto over the weekend. “He has been in our corner throughout the Air

CIRB Board Order No.670-NB

Please post and circulate the attached CIRB decision. This order must be posted by the Union and Air Canada in the workplace. The CIRB found that IAM members have participated in an Unlawful Strike and therefore, all members must resume or continue to perform their duties to Air Canada. There is also a declaration to cease and desist. In addition, Air Canada applied to the Federal Court and received a

VRSPs: Quebec Leads the (Wrong) Way

  Quebec is the first jurisdiction to announce the terms of a Pooled Retirement Savings Plan (PRPP), the voluntary savings scheme which the federal government is touting as the solution to our growing retirement income crisis. In its 2012 Budget, released March 20, the Quebec government announced the rules for Voluntary Retirement Savings Plans (VRSP), to be in place as of January 1, 2013.  All Quebec employers, with at least

NDP URGES CONSERVATIVES TO UPHOLD AIR CANADA PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ACT

 TORONTO – The Aveos shutdown breaches key sections of the Air Canada Public Participation Act, New Democrats argued today. The Act mandates that Air Canada’s overhaul operations must remain in Winnipeg, Mississauga and Montreal. This ensured that Canadians would continue to benefit after the privatization of the airline. The overhaul work was previously contracted out to Aveos, which ceased operations this week. New Democrat critic for Transport, Olivia Chow, spoke

Dewar calls on Harper to enforce legislation to protect Aveos jobs

Toronto – NDP leadership candidate Paul Dewar is calling on the Harper government to enforce the Air Canada Act so that the jobs of over 2,500 Aveos workers in Montreal, Winnipeg and Vancouver can be saved. “Mr. Harper must enforce the Air Canada Act and make sure that maintenance of the Air Canada fleet is done in Canada and the jobs of over 2,500 workers are preserved,” said Dewar. “The

21 March, 2012 - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

  The laws are in place, freedom and equality are expressed with every publication on the benefits of being Canadian.  It was not very long ago that discrimination based on race was not illegal. The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, March 21, commemorates the anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960. On that day in South Africa, peaceful demonstrators against apartheid were killed. In 1966, the United