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5.9 million Canadian workers belong to workplace pension plans representing only 32 percent of the workforce
'Our findings are frightening. Unless you're Warren Buffett, your family is just one serious illness away from bankruptcy.' - Harvard's Dr. David Himmelstein.
'Every election, we draw on issues identified by you, the membership, to develop questions for the registered political parties.' - NSGEU.
The best way to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is not to put them there in the first place.
'I think we need to look at our whole system and re-evaluate how these calls come in.' - Tim Scharer, Winnipeg Paramedics Local 911.
Former Ontario Superior Court Judge James Farley, who oversaw Air Canada's 2003 bankruptcy, will seek a solution on the company's pension and other issues
'Net neutrality is a cornerstone of an innovative economy. The federal government must ensure that there is no interference.' - Charlie Angus, NDP MP.
Report condemns lack of palliative services for terminally ill in Newfoundland and Labrador.
(2 June 2009) - Canada's social infrastructure is starving for funds despite right-wing lies about the cause of Jim Flaherty's projected $50 billion deficit.
MGEU is one of the event's main sponsors. 'A great way to support of social justice and human rights,' union says.
'There is no union in Canada that is better at running strikes than we are.' - OPSEU president Warren (Smokey) Thomas.
Poor record cited on issues such as missing Aboriginal women, slow progress on land claims, funding cuts to women's groups and treatment of prisoners in Afghanistan.
