Media Coverage

The CBC news Web site compares party positions on issues including aboriginal affairs, border issues, defence, economy, environment, families, foreign affairs, health care, justice, political reform, primary industries, regional issues, and workplace.

The CTV news Web site compares party position on issues including aboriginal rights, crime, defence, democratic reform, education, environment, foreign policy, government accountability, gun registry, health care, immigration, marijuana, municipalities, same sex marriage, taxes, and trade.

The Radio-Canada Web site mostly offers daily coverage of elections in French.

2006 Federal Elections

We now have a minority Conservative government.

When the elections were called, it was expected that there would be many changes in the way the government was going to do business.

FSNA has contacted the Ministers responsible for the issues of importance to the Association: the President of the Treasury Board, the Minister of National Defence, the Minister of Public Safety, the Minister of Public Works and Government Services, the Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, and the Minister of Health.

FSNA will continue to advocate government action on issues of importance to its members, specifically, and to older Canadians, in general.

As with past federal elections, FSNA participated in the election campaign to ensure that all candidates across the country were made aware of issues that concern pensioners from the federal Public Service, the Canadian Forces, the RCMP, retired federally appointed judges, and seniors in Canada.

FSNA wrote to the major party leaders to ask for their official position on these issues and posted their responses on this page.

FSNA also distributed a Workbook for branches to provide basic information on seniors' issues. This Workbook aims to assist each of our 84 Canadian Branch branches to implement FSNA’s electoral strategy at the local level.

To see a sample of the letter sent to party leaders, click here.

To see the summary of issues of concern to pensioners and seniors, click here.

To see the Workbook for FSNA branches, click here.

Parties' Responses for the 2006 Election

These are the parties' responses regarding issues that concern pensioners and seniors in Canada.

To see the Bloc Québécois’s response (unilingual French), click here.

To see the Liberal Party's response, click here.

To see the Conservative Party's response, click here.

To see the NDP's response, click here.