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Crown corporations discussion with Anita Sharma

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May 31, 2013
Crown corporations discussion with Anita Sharma

  Bill Tufts of Fair Pensions For All joins Anita Sharma to discuss the high price Canadians pay for Crown corporation pensions.   Click here to see the interview
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New Brunswick Pension Wars

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May 6, 2013
New Brunswick Pension Wars

        In New Brunswick the province tried to implement a new Shared Risk pension solutions. It was faulty from the start and we have strong  criticisms of the approach used to implement it. Now it seems the province’s seniors are in agreement with our position. Here are two articles we wrote...
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ADVOCIS – Pension Panel

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March 18, 2013
ADVOCIS – Pension Panel

The Need for Pension Products to Increase the Levels of Retirement Funding Provided by Employers   Defined benefit (DB) plans are rapidly disappearing from our retirement planning landscape. What does this mean for working women and men in Canada? The financial futures of many Canadians who have traditionally counted on an employer-sponsored DB plan...
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Sunshine List only slice of true compensation

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March 18, 2013
Sunshine List only slice of true compensation

    The Hamilton Spectator – March 18, 2013 An advocacy group says it’s time to revamp the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act to reveal the true cost to taxpayers. The call from Bill Tufts, founder of Fair Pensions For All, comes days before the annual Sunshine List of salaries over $100,000 hits the...
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HAMILTON CITY SLACKERS

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January 30, 2013
HAMILTON CITY SLACKERS

          See Gareth on Sun News with Brian Lilley discussing the problem in Hamilton where 29 employees were laid off for the City of Hamilton used video surveillance and GPS records of city vehicles to investigate 31 employees for “neglect of duties, time theft and breach of trust,” according to...
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Senate Hearings on Bill C45

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January 18, 2013
Senate Hearings on Bill C45

In late November Mark Mullins and Bill were asked to present to the Senate as they were deliberating on Bill C45 and they convened a special session on pensions. You can see the written presentation here in its entirety. Senate Finance Hearings  Presentation  
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Compensation report to City of London

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January 15, 2013
Compensation report to City of London

Here is the compensation report for the City of London Click here for Compensation report – Power Point
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City of Kitchener Budget Presentation

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January 8, 2013
City of Kitchener Budget Presentation

The Budget presentations for the City of Kitchener were on January 7, 2012 Click here for the media release that was sent out City of Kitchener Budget Presentations Click here for the Power Point Presentation  City of Kitchener compensation expenses REV Jan 4 Click here for Gareth’s interview on the Gary Doyle show to...
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Presentation to the House of Commons Finance Committee

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December 26, 2012
Presentation to the House of Commons Finance Committee

    Here is the opening statement to the Finance committee when we presented in November 2012, Finance Committee Opening Statement You can see it recorded here at 1:46:10 Video Recording Compare it to last year’s presentation to the same committee. 2011 Opening Statement  
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The Todd Veinotte Show

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December 19, 2012
The Todd Veinotte Show

One of my favorite radio hosts from the Maritimes is Todd. This week we talked about the judgement from the Supreme Court on the federal employee public sector pension surplus Here is the recap on the judgement from Kathyrn May at the Ottawa Citizen PS unions not entitled to pension surplus: Supreme Court Todd...
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