Association of Public Service Alliance Retirees
The association's objectives
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Ensure that all PSAC members, all retired former PSAC members and the spouses, beneficiaries or survivors obtain and receive all the benefits due to them as a result of the death or illness of a retired former PSAC member or an active member;
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Group together and centralise all former members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) in a single organization capable of protecting and safeguarding the benefits of a pension plan to which they have contributed during their working life;
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Gather together in a strong organization all the members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, who are aware that the Public Service Superannuation Act is an important factor in the planning of their life after work;
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Gather together in the Association, specifically, all the members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, so that they become immediately aware of all the benefits of their pension plan in the interest of protecting their future after work;
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Correct the injustices related to the pension plan for disability or health reasons: an obsolete regulation and an outdated legislation, without any compassion or idea about the future impact of the financial hardships those retired members will face at age 65;
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Join and rallly the entire PSAC structure : Components, unions, regions, Locals, area councils, women’s committees, and others, in an Association that could channel a power of intervention forcing the federal government to meet the real and concrete needs of retired former PSAC members, and all the elderly people;
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Objectively control and denounce the excessive increases in contributions to the public servants’ pension plan;
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Continue to force the federal government to recognize that any public servant with 35 years of service is entitled to an immediate pension, without any penalty for reason of age, which is totally discriminatory;
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Demand, with all the political and union means, that the principle of the unjustifiable transfer of only 50% of the pension income to the spouse be considered discriminatory and illegal; thus, placing the partner of the couple in a precarious drastic financial situation. Demand that this transfer of pension benefits upon the death of a public servant be considered and treated on the same basis as an insurance contract paying the total income to the spouse;
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Defend, safeguard, improve, through all means, at every political and union level, all the provisions of the Public Service Superannuation Act (PSSA), the entire concept of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and the Quebec Pension Plan (RRQ), the entire principle of Old Age Security (OAS), so that all retirees and all the elderly may obtain the services that meet their needs;
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Demand immediately from the federal government an increase of $200 per month for all the individuals who receive income from the Old Age Security program;
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Demand from governments a strict and radical regulations with respect to the number of personnel qualified to provide services on a client prorata (the elderly) in long term care establishments and in establishments responsible for elderly persons;
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Be attentive to retired former PSAC members;
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Regularly contact the most elderly individuals in order to reassure them and maintain with them an exchange of viewpoints on public services provided to the elderly.
Date Modified : 2012/01/05
