Archive for the ‘Pension’ Category
Monday, December 17th, 2012
As of January 2013, pension contribution rates will be increasing for employees of the public service and members of the Canadian Forces and the RCMP. The increases became law on December 14, 2012,... Read more
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
The Treasury Board has announced that the indexing increase to be applied, on January 1, 2013, to Public Service, Canadian Forces, RCMP and federally appointed judges’ pensions will be 1.9%. ... Read more
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Monday, October 22nd, 2012
FSNA is disappointed in the most recent omnibus budget bill (C-45) being introduced in the House of Commons today. “Once again public servants are being kept in the dark when it comes to how ... Read more
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Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
The Treasury Board Secretariat recently released its annual report on the federal Public Service Pension Plan for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011.
The report provides a complete overvi... Read more
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Friday, March 30th, 2012
FSNA believes that the calls for federal public sector pension reform are a convenient diversion from the bigger issue: that many Canadians do not have access to an adequate pension plan and that t... Read more
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
January 31, 2012
Prime Minister Harper’s speech at the World Economic Summit in Davos, Switzerland on January 26, 2012, pointed to the likelihood of change to the Old Age Security (OAS... Read more
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Monday, December 19th, 2011
The C.D. Howe Institute released its most recent edition of Pension Papers, “Ottawa’s Pension Gap: The Growing and Under-Reported Cost of Federal Employee Pension Plans,”... Read more
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Friday, November 4th, 2011
The Treasury Board has announced that the increase in indexing to be applied, on January 1, 2012, to public service, Canadian Forces, RCMP, and federally appointed judges’ pensions will be 2.... Read more
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Monday, November 8th, 2010
The Treasury Board has announced that the increase in indexing to be applied, on January 1, 2011, to public service, Canadian Forces, RCMP, and federally appointed judges’ pensions will be 1.... Read more
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Fellow members of FSNA,
The past few weeks have seen a flurry of information in the media concerning pensions and many of you have expressed your concern.
The upcoming budget is expec... Read more
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Monday, January 11th, 2010
The Court of Appeal for Ontario has set the dates of April 19 to 21, 2010, to hear the appeal of the judgement rendered in November 2007 by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
The 2007 ju... Read more
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
The Treasury Board has announced that the increase in indexing to be applied, on January 1, 2010, to public service, Canadian Forces, RCMP, and federally appointed judges’ pensions will be 0.... Read more
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Press Release – Ottawa (Marketwire – October 29, 2009) – FSNA, operating as the National Association of Federal Retirees, is pleased to hear that... Read more
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
The Treasury Board has announced that the increase in indexing to be applied to Public Service, Canadian Forces, and RCMP pensions in January 2009 will be 2.5 per cent.
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
The Treasury Board has announced the increase in indexing to be applied to Public Service, Canadian Forces, and RCMP pensions in January 2008. The rate for 2008 will be 1.8 per cent.
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Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
FSNA qualified as “incomplete and unprofessional” a report issued on January 17, 2007 by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business entitled Read more
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Thursday, November 2nd, 2006
FSNA supports the Government’s plan to implement a fairer tax system, as announced by the Minister of Finance (PDF) on O... Read more
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Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
The increase in indexing that will be applied to Public Service, Canadian Forces, and RCMP pensions in January 2007 will be 2.3 per cent. For those who retired in 2006 and are entitled to indexatio... Read more
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2006
The principle of legislating pension income splitting for senior Canadian couples went unchallenged at the
national conference on pension tax reform “Pension Tension” that was held on Oct... Read more
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Friday, September 1st, 2006
FSNA submitted a brief on pension splitting (PDF) to the House of Commons... Read more
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Friday, July 8th, 2005
On July 7, 2005, the Treasury Board (TB) Secretariat announced some changes to the three major public sector pension plans, i.e. those applying to the Public Service employees, the Canadian Forces ... Read more
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Monday, November 15th, 2004
The increase in indexing that will be applied to Public Service, Canadian Forces, and RCMP pensions in January 2005 will be 1.7 per cent.
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Monday, April 5th, 2004
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Friday, April 2nd, 2004
Below is the letter written by the FSNA National President in reaction to the alleged misuse of RCMP pension funds.
Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2003
The pension increase for 2004 is 3.3 per cent. For those who retired in 2003 and are entitled to indexation, the increase will be pro-rated based on the number of full months in 2003 after the reti... Read more
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2001
On Sunday 1 April 2001, the Ottawa Citizen reported that the government is planning to review the Superannuation Act along with its review of the terms and condition of employment in the Public Ser... Read more
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Friday, February 23rd, 2001
This message is specifically for FSNA members who are Canadian Forces retirees. Another retirees’ association has been making statements that contain incorrect or misleading information.
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Thursday, November 30th, 2000
The increase in indexing that will be applied to Public Service, Canadian Forces and RCMP pensions in January 2001 will be 2.5% as announced by the Treasury Board.
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