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CBC Pensioners Welcome Heritage Minister’s Proposals
The CBC Pensioners National Association (PNA), which represents all CBC pensioners, fully supports the proposal by Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge to guarantee a strong independent public broadcaster. The proposal, which addresses the key issues of funding, mandate and governance, is a plan long overdue and one that if fulfilled would establish the framework to keep […]
read moreDefending the CBC
On January 25th, 2025, one of our members, Judi Milne, received this written response from Conservative MP Rick Perkins, MP for South Shore-St. Margarets, Nova Scotia. Judi had written to ask for his party’s position on the CBC. The Conservatives have been clear in their intentions to defund the CBC. Judi shared Perkins’ letter with […]
read moreIs our Pension Plan Safe?
I have received a number of questions about the future of our CBC Pension Plan in the event the Conservatives are elected and follow through with defunding the CBC. It is a difficult question to answer given that we really don’t know what “defund” practically means. There are various versions of the future of CBC […]
read moreGET YOUR VOTE IN
JANUARY 2025 GET YOUR VOTE IN Voting to approve the distribution of about $60 million of our pension surplus is fully underway. Although online voting began in November, a work stoppage at Canada Post prevented delivery of paper copies of the detailed information and ballot. As of December 23, 2024, ballots have been mailed to […]
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