The Solution
The discourse and debate about wealth inequality has been as substantial as it's been consistent. The evidence and statistics are indisputable. However, the analysis behind them has never sought to understand the fundamental source of the inequality - the historic antecedents to why being one of the wealthiest nations on the planet retirees and pensioners do not have the retirement nest egg they thought they would and government programs are threatened.
It's no longer enough to conduct research, hold conferences, lobby politicians, organize petitions, protests and rallies and publish articles to procure change. That multi-decade approach has been an abysmal failure.
The hub for the following is The Prosperity Theft Institute:
The Social Justice & Human Rights Coalition, the Canadian Veterans Coalition, the Canadian Trade Union Coalition, the First Nations Coalition, the Student Union Coalition, the National Business Organization Coalition, the Public Sector Coalition, the National Farmers Coalition and the National Ocean Harvesters Coalition.
Best case scenario at the preliminary stage of historic change is for all these coalitions to collaborate - strategize an approach that will ultimately lead to everyone who has been and will be profoundly impacted aware of the fact and why. Like in so many countries where the so-called 'mighty' engaged in egregious abuses of power, there's always tens of millions more of us than there are of them.
These organizations were edified in December:
Canadian Association of Retired Persons
888-363-2279, advocacy@carp.ca
Marissa Lennox, Chief Policy and Research Officer
National Association of Federal Retirees
613.745.2559
Simon Coakeley, Chief Executive Officer, executive@federalretirees.ca
Patrick Imbeau, Pension Advocacy and Policy Officer, advocacyteam@ federalretirees.ca -- spoke to on Dec 5th; email confirmed rec'd and forwarded
Ontario Federation of Union Retirees Council
Suzanne Clancy, President, 905 807 7173 (c), sclancy3@cogeco.ca -- spoke to 2X on Dec 9th, email temporarily not working; got access to the CGRC website.
National Pensioners Federation
Trish McAuliffe,
President, 905-706-5806, trish.mcauliffe@npfmail.ca -- spoke to her on Dec 9th for 59 minutes; confirmed email rec'd.
BC Forum
604-688-4565, bcforum@bcfed.ca
Diane Wood, President,
BCGEU, email rec'd; referred by Suzanne Clancy.
UNIFOR
Barb Dolan, Director of Retired Workers very supportive of Suzanne
(416) 495-6543, retirees@unifor.org -- referred to by Suzanne Clancey.
College and University Retiree Associations of Canada
Bryan Harvey, President, president@curac.ca
Association of Dalhousie Retirees and Pensioners
Phil O'Hara, President, w.philip.ohara@gmail.com
Randy Barkhouse, Immediate Past President, (902) 434-8291, randy.barkhouse@dal.ca - spoke to for 20 minutes on Dec 9th, confirmed email rec'd and will forward to Bryan Harvey.
University of Saskatchewan Retirees Association
306-966-6618, ss.usra@usask.ca
University of Guelph Retirees Association
UGRA@uoguelph.ca (executive committee)
Vikki Tremblay, President, president@UGRA.ca
McMaster University Retirees Association
(905) 525-9140 ext. 23171, mura@mcmaster.ca
Helen Barton, President
Simon Fraser University Retirees' Association
778.782.4099, retirees@sfu.ca
Saber Saleuddin
Association of Retired Faculty and Librarians of York University
Bob Drummond, President, robertd@orku.ca
Vice-President, saber@yorku.ca
York University Retirees' Association
416-736-2100 Ext. 70664, yura@yorku.ca
Ian Greene, Co-President
Charmaine Courtis, Co-President
John Lennox, Past President
Retiree Affairs Committee of the McGill Assoc. of University Teachers
Greg Mikkelson, President-Elect, Philosophy, ext, 8630, gregory.mikkelson@mcgill.ca
Janine Mauzeroll, VP External, ext, 3898, janine.mauzeroll@mcgill.ca
UBC Emeritus College
604-822-1752, admin@emeriti.ubc.ca
University of Calgary Emeriti Association
Jean Langdon, President, 403-818-4171, jlangdon@telus.net
Dennis Salahub, President Elect, 403-220-3720
Gary Krivy, Secretary, 403-284-3073, gkrivy@ucalgary.ca
Carleton University Retirees' Association
Susan Nesrallah, President, susan.nesrallah@carleton.ca:
Robert Morrison, Vice-President, robertmorrison@rogers.com
Association of Professors Retired from the University of Ottawa
Frans De Bruyn, President, fdebruyn@mail.uottawa.ca
Rachel Grondin, Vice-president, rachel.grondin@uottawa.ca
Pierre Calvé, Past President, pcalve@uottawa.ca
Retirees Association of Lakehead University
ralu.communications01@gmail.com
Ian Dew, President
University of New Brunswick Retired Employees Association
John Teskey, President, jteskey@unb.ca
Memorial University Pensioners Association of Nfld and Labrador
Steve Wolinetz, President, steven.wolinetz@gmail.com
Chris Dennis, Vice President, dennis@mun.ca
St. Mary's University Retiree Association
Keith Vaughan, President, (902)445-9887, k.vaughan@ns.sympatico.ca
Ronald Cosper, Past president, rcosper@eastlink.ca
University of Manitoba Retirees Association
204-474-7175, retirees@umanitoba.ca
Dan Sitar, President
University of Alberta Assn. of Professors Emeriti
J. Douglas Dale, President, 780.492.2914, emirhse@ualberta.ca
Retirees' Assn. of Queen's University
raq@queensu.ca
Eleanor Rogers, President
Ontario Colleges Retirees' Association
secretary@ocraretirees.ca
Centennial College Retirees' Association
Ellen Bull, 416-283-9246, ccra.board.mail@gmail.com
Durham College Retiree's Association
Peter Hupka, peterhupka@rogers.com
Fleming College Former Employees of Fleming College
Anne McIntosh, 705-741-0623, anne@bge.ca
George Brown College Retirees Association
Dianne Diniz, ddiniz@georgebrown.ca, ddiniz@rogers.com
Georgian College Retirees' Club
Andrew Dykstra, 705-722-7338, andrew.dykstra@sympatico.ca
Humber College Retirees Association
Maryann Jefferies, maryannjefferies@hotmail.com
Lambton College Retirees' Club
Mel Sparks, 519-344-2931, patmelsparks@gmail.com
Mohawk College Retirees Association
John Schaeffer, 905-776-0982, johnrschaeffer@gmail.com
Niagara College Retiree' s Association
Carolyn Gould, 289-567-0203, iagaracollege.retirees@gmail.com
Sault College Retirees
Rose Caicco, 705-942-3891, rosecaicco@shaw.ca
Seneca College Retirees Association
Bill Riddell, 416-466-7071, Seneca_Retirees@rogers.com
Sheridan College Retirees' Association
Jane Leaver, 905-845-9430 x4206, retirees@sheridancollege.ca
St. Clair College Retirees Association
Kathy Dupuis, 519-944-4168, retirees@stclaircollege.ca
St. Lawrence College Retirees Association
Nancy Sudak, 613-389-1442, slcretirees@gmail.com
Canadian Federation of Pensioners
info@pensioners.ca
Air Canada Pionairs
communication@pionairs.org
Barry Hoeppner, President
Bell Pensioners' Group
communications@bellpensionersgroup.ca
Denis Marquis, President
BellAliant Pensioners Association of Newfoundland and Labrador
Bob Noseworthy, Chair, rnoseworthy@warp.nfld.net
Alan Miller, Vice-Chair, allan.miller@nf.sympatico.ca
Dave Curnew, Secretary, dave.curnew@nf.sympatico.ca
CCRetirees Org. (Salaried Retirees of Chrysler Canada)
ccretirees.org@gmail.com
GENMO Salaried Pensioners Organization
communication@genmo.ca
International Association of IATA Retirees
Karin Gebert, President & Chairman of the Board, president@iaircanada.com
Mike O'Brien, Vice President & Secretary, vicepresident@iaircanada.com
Hugh Upton, Past President, pastpresident@iaircanada.com
Municipal Retirees Organization Ontario
Dan Carnegie, Executive Director, (289) 219-2291, executive-director@mroo.org
Police Pensioners Association of Ontario
ppao@ppao.ca
Paul Bailey, President
Dale Allan, Vice President
Society of United Professionals
(416) 979-2709, society@thesociety.ca
Congress of Union Retirees of Canada
(613) 526-7422
Bill Chedore, President
Louisette Hinton, lst Vice-President
Janice Berner, 2nd Vice-President
Yellow Pages Pensioners Group
info@yppg-gppj.com
Jean-Paul Joanisse, President & Chairman
Sharon, Altman-Leamen, Senior Vice-President
Alberta Retired Teachers' Association
780-822-2400
Executive Director & CEO, dmulloy@arta.net
B.C. Federation of Union Retirees
bcforum@bcfed.ca
Diane Wood, President
Alberta Federation of Union Retirees
780-452-0390
Karen Kennedy, President, synchronicity73@hotmail.com
Saskatchewan Union Retirees Federation
Janice Bernier, President
Ben Medernach, 2nd Vice-President, 306-978-1680, benmed@sasktel.net
Manitoba Federation of Union Retirees
Barbara Jones, President
Ontario Federation of Union Retirees
Suzanne Clancy, President, 905 547 6207, 905 807 7173 (c), sclancy3@cogeco.ca
Dennis LaFraniere, 705 585 3078, dennis_lafraniere@hotmail.com
Quebec Federation of Union Retirees
Louis Larivière, President, invernes@videotron.ca
Claude Parent, Chair, 819-377-1038, claudeparent@xplornet.ca
NB Federation of Union Retirees
Terrance P. Carter
PEI Federation of Union Retirees
902-894-8969
Everett Baker, President, everett1@eastlink.ca
Nova Scotia Federation of Union Retirees
902.832.5230
Larry Wark, President, joan.wark@ns.sympatico.ca
Newfoundland and Labrador Union Retirees Federation
Marie St. Aubin, President, mstaubin14@gmail.com
Phillip Briffett,Vice President, phil.briffett@nf.sympatico.ca
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Toronto and York Area Council
Barry Stevens, President, 905-278-6914, ibew.barrystevens@sympatico.ca
Calgary Area Council
cad_labour@telus.net
Collin Anderson, President
Peggy Askin, Vice-President
Thunder Bay Council
807 625 9687, macaw229@tbaytel.net
President: Marg Arnone
Sarnia Area Council CURC
519-383-1160, unionretireesarnia@hotmail.com
Ted Hext, President
William Hicks, Vice-President
London, Woodstock, St. Thomas, Stratford and Ingersoll Area Council
Sue Scott-Mallett, President, 519-873-0200, dasuseahawk@sympatico.ca
Terry Coleman, Vice-President
Hamilton, Burlington, Oakville Area Council
Malcolm Buchanan, President, macbuchanan@rogers.com
Suzanne Clancy, Vice President, sclancy3@cogeco.ca
South Central Ontario Region, Congress of Union Retirees of Canada
Lyle Hargrove, President, 905-579-7709 (h), 905-259-2468 (c), lyle.hargrove@gmail.com
Bill Hartford, Vice President
No contact info for Ottawa Area Council, Metropolitan Montréal, Mauricie Central Québec, Estrie, Waterloo, Edmonton, Regina