Canadians Deserve Retirement Security

2010 National Pension Canvass

Canadians are on our side... and we've got proof.

Over the past week, it was clearer than ever that our campaign for retirement security has widespread support among Canada's workers and retirees.

A few days ago, we launched a Pension Calculator on our web site. It's a way for everyone to see how our plan to expand the CPP works by showing them how much more they would get each year in retirement, guaranteed.

People love it. It's proof-positive that our plan works. Most of all, it shows people what our campaign means to them and why they need to come on board. Tell your friends, family and co-workers to visit our web site, use the calculator and see how our plan to expand the CPP will work for them and why they need to support this campaign.

Our staff also reported this week about a phenomenal meeting that took place in Regina, where three local Conservative MPs held a "public consultation" about retirement income, advertised with one tiny ad in the local newspaper. Working people filled the room and gave those MPs an earful about why the current retirement system needs to be fixed, and to start by expanding the CPP to help people save more.

At that meeting, one of the MPs told our staff that Conservative MPs were planning to host similar meetings with their constituents in the coming weeks. Let's make sure people know when and where those meetings happen, especially since most Members of Parliament will be working in their local offices when the House of Commons takes a one-week break.

Check your local newspaper. Better still, give your local MP call and ask them to tell you when their local meeting about retirement income and pensions is going to happen. Then tell everyone.

Let's keep up the pressure on the politicians and keep spreading the word about this great campaign.

Download the attached form and send it to your MP to let them know that you support changes to the Canadian Pension Plan (CPP).