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BC FORUM NEWS Archives - 2013
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Archived News 2013:
December, 2013 - Conservatives block CPP/QPP expansion
November, 2013 - Sock it to poor seniors month says COSCO BC
November, 2013 - BC moves forward with seniors’ advocate
November, 2013 - New CCPA study “Why Canada needs Postal Banking” makes the case for postal banking in Canada. The reintroduction of postal banking in Canada would offer access to financial services not now available to many Canadians. Read more here.
October 2013 - Throne Speech 2013: Pensions and Seniors Report by MPs Mathysson and Rankin
October, 2013 - United Way releases new Metro Vancouver handbook for caregivers of seniors
September, 2013 - Labour Day 2013: Remembering the past and building for the future from Rabble.ca
August, 2013 - Canadian Doctors for Medicare: Why Doctors Care About PharmaCare
August, 2013 - Bob Mackin Exclusive: Health Ministry “requested” seniors wheelchair tax
August, 2013 - From The Tyee: BC’s Little Known Resource for Unhappy Patients by Tom Sandborn
June, 2013 - Why Canada Post should be expanding services; from rabble.ca
June 17, 2013 - DO NOT PATRONIZE IKEA in Richmond or Coquitlam
June, 2013 - Lively BC FORUM AGM speaks out on key issues facing retired workers
June, 2013 - Alice West, past president BC FORUM, receives Rosemary Brown Award
May, 2013 - Darryl Walker, president of the BCGEU, urges Liberals, “Don't do more of the same”. Read more here.
May, 2013 - What happened to the New Democrats? The Tyee.ca invites contributors to weigh in on what happened to the New Democrats in the recent election. Read more here.
May, 2013 - Canadian workers’ rights: It’s a question of fairness. Doug McPherson, president of the Congress of Union Retiress of Canada, writes on rabble.ca about the CLC’s political action conference that took place in Toronto in March and the ongoing fight with conservative ideas intent on weakening workers’ rights. Read more here.
May, 2013 - Changes to Canada Pension Plan Disability Appeal Process. The BC Coalition of People with Disabilities sends a Community Update on changes to the CPP Disability Appeals Process as a result of Harper Conservative legislation. Read more here.
May, 2013 - Asian Heritage Month – May 2013. From UFCW: The month of May signals a distinct vibrancy in Canada as we celebrate Asian Heritage Month. Across the country, Asian history, arts, heritage, and culture are being celebrated to highlight the significant contributions that Asian Canadians have made in building Canada. Read more here.
May, 2013 - From CCPA - The fog clears: new information on federal job and service cuts. After four austerity budgets and lots of hide and seek, there are finally some answers about what services federal departments are going to cut. Read the full analysis, The Fog Finally Clears: The job and services impact of federal austerity.
April, 2013 - Toronto Star: By closing the Health Council of Canada, Stephen Harper is abandoning national medicare. Read the Opinion/Commentary from the Wednesday, April 17 issue of the Toronto Star.
April, 2013 - CCPA releases Seniors Fact Sheets . The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has released the first of three Seniors Fact Sheets featuring important information on seniors issues and includes questions to ask candidates on the upcoming provincial election. Read more here.
March 28, 2013 - Program helping more seniors to be “Better at Home”. Read about the new service providers for the Better at Home program. Click here.
March 2013 issue of The Advocate now available on line. Read about the BC Liberal Budget and how it comes at a high cost to public sector workers; Special Report on Home Care and find out how a new web based service could point you to significant savings on prescription drugs. Read on-line articles or download the magazine here.
February, 2013 - National summit on pensions: We must protect the most vulnerable during golden years. Dave Coles, National President, Canadian, Energy & Paperworkers Union, calls for amendments to Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act to secure employees’ pensions in a company bankruptcy as National Summit on Pensions takes place in New Brunswick. Read more here.
February, 2013 - CCPA comments on Seniors Advocate legislation. The BC Liberal government has tabled legislation for a new Seniors Advocate position. Read comments from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives here.
February, 2013 - Georgia Straight article: Future of Canadian health care needs attention now. Ordinary Canadians are losing their say about the future of an institution that's central to their national identity: universal health care. Read the full article here.
February, 2013 - Provincial Ombudsperson releases report on Adult Guardianship. Provincial Ombudsperson Kim Carter has released her latest report “No Longer Your Decision: British Columbia’s Process for Appointing the Public Guardian and Trustee to Manage the Financial Affairs of Incapable Adults”. According to the report, vulnerable adults can lose the right to make financial and legal decisions for themselves if a health authority issues a certificate of incapability under a law that is outdated and through a process that does not provide adequate procedural protection. Find the report here.
Congress of Retired Union Members of Canada publishes latest issue of their magazine, January, 2013