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Joyce Cruickshank - Secretary

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CLC Fights Back

The information below is taken directly from the CLC's economic fightback campaign and is reprinted here with permission from the CLC.

Canada is in an economic crisis. In November 2008 we lost 75,000 good paying, mostly manufacturing jobs alone.
Our economy has lost over 400,000 manufacturing and forestry jobs since 2002.
This federal government could have introduced economic policies to stimulate the economy and help laid off vulnerable workers and pensioners.
They failed in their pre-budget economic update that led to this current political crisis.

Canada needs:

  • Increase access and benefits to Employment Insurance benefits to help the growing number of unemployed and provide better training programs for new jobs.
  • A national public infrastructure strategy to create jobs and build new industries for the future.
  • Help for the automotive and forestry sector.
  • Protect pensions by creating a pension guarantee fund and increase Old Age Security to protect the increase of retired people.
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UPDATE on PHARMACARE

Congratulations are in order for Campaign Director Pat Kerwin, for his work in Organizing Congress of Union Retiree Councils in Southern Ontario.

Toronto, Hamilton, and St. Catharines now have their active councils Promoting C.U.R.C. campaigns.

The various C.U.R.C. councils have been holding hearings across Ontario on Pharmacare, and the results are being compiled into a report to be presented to appropriate officials in Ottawa.

We hope to get their attention and develop a National Drug strategy for all Canadians.