VIDEO: Watch Conservatives flip-flop on Canada Pension Plan

Published May 28, 2015

The Conservatives should really re-watch why they used to oppose this.

Why expanding CPP is a no-brainer

Published March 10, 2014

Need more proof the Harper government is wrong to oppose the expansion of the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans? A new report released Monday lays out why the Conservatives’ big idea to solve the country’s pension crisis — to encourage people to plough more money into private investments, such as RRSPs — works well for the […]

3 ways conservatives peddle retirement insecurity

Published February 3, 2014

Need more proof conservative solutions to Canada’s retirement crisis (encourage people to save more in private savings; block the expansion of the Canada Pension Plan; and get rid of defined benefit pensions) make no sense? Here are the latest examples: 1. Winning the lottery is not a retirement plan A new survey of BMO Financial Group found […]

Poor no Moore: Putting James Moore’s apology “in context”

Published December 16, 2013

When Industry Minister James Moore told a reporter, with a chuckle, that it wasn’t his responsibility to worry about hungry kids in his neighbourhood, he was revealing a philosophy that runs deep in the Conservative government. Moore’s apology aside (after attacking the journalist who broke the story), conservative ideology places individualism above community, meaning there […]

OECD study on pensions bolsters case to expand CPP

Published November 26, 2013

A new report on global pensions from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is warning that poverty among seniors is Canada is increasing – and conservative think tanks in Canada aren’t going to like the policy prescription to tackle the problem. Between 2007 and 2010, the poverty rates among people over 65 years of age was […]

Does this look like the “middle ground”?

Published November 25, 2013

For those fighting for retirement security, fair wages and collective bargaining rights, it might come as a surprise that one of their most vocal opponents sees itself as advocating for the “middle ground.” That’s right: the executive vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says the role of the organisation is “standing tall for […]