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Canada Pension Plan

Open letter to Premier Stephen McNeil: Stop the EI and CPP Disability clawbacks for people on income assistance

Open letter to Premier Stephen McNeil: Stop the EI and CPP Disability clawbacks for people on income assistance

September 24, 2018

When you’re on income assistance EI benefits and CPP Disability are clawed back 100%. “Taking that money is insulting. People should be allowed to keep these payments, since they contributed to both CPP disability and Employment insurance while working,” writes poverty activist Kendall Worth in an open letter to premier Steven McNeil.  

Op-ed: The CPP expansion is a step in the right direction for workers

Op-ed: The CPP expansion is a step in the right direction for workers

June 28, 2016

Danny Cavanagh, president of the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour, reflects on the recent changes to the Canada Pension Plan.

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