Letter to MP/MPPs to fix our pension system
You can copy and paste this letter to an MP / MPP requesting a meeting to discuss ways to strengthen our Canadian pension plan.
Dear _____________,
My name is __________. As a constituent in your riding, I would like to make the following clear to you.
I would like you to act to ease the pension anxiety that I and members of our community feel and call upon you to endorse a plan that calls for the reforms they and all Canadians deserve. I request an urgent meeting with you on this matter, so you understand the severity of this issue from my perspective.
Canada is at a crossroads, just like it was forty years ago when it was time to do something about our health care system. Today, we need to do something about retirement income, and we need to do it soon.
Let me tell you a story from our community to bring this point home. [FILL IN YOUR LOCAL STORY HERE. EXAMPLES COULD INCLUDE: A SENIOR WITH LITTLE INCOME, A WORKER WITHOUT A DECENT PENSION, A MANUFACTURING WORKER WHO LOST THEIR PENSION IN A PLANT SHUTDOWN, A YOUNG PERSON WITHOUT DECENT WAGES OR PENSION BENEFITS].
The problem with Canada’s retirement income system has become so obvious that even bank economists have started to admit the RRSP approach has failed. There’s too much risk and not enough security to ensure that, after a lifetime of work, people can retire and live out their last years in dignity.
We need to increase CPP benefits, and raise the minimum retirement income floor with clear benefits to everyone - no matter where you work.
Please act now, and fix our pension system for future generations.
Yours sincerely,
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