The Pension Fight Back Campaign is kicking it up a notch and we need your help! Write to your MP and tell him or her that you ex

The Pension Fight Back Campaign is kicking it up a notch and we need your help! Write to your MP and tell him or her that you expect ACTION on their part.

Here's how to do it:

Go to www.parl.gc.ca and click on "Find your MP using your postal code".
Send a letter to your MP - fax or email. If you use your email, please use your personal account and not your employer's.
Copy and paste the letter below,
Personalize it.
Press the "Send" button.

It's that easy!

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The Message:

(Member of Parliament's Name), MP
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6

Dear (Member of Parliament):

On February 26, 2007, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice will resume hearings on the federal public service pension surplus litigation. You may recall that following passage of Bill C-78, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board Act, in 1999, the federal government took $30.2 billion from the surplus to apply it towards the debt. Close to 50% of this money actually came directly from my and other plan members' contributions through deductions on our paycheques. Federal unions and pensioners' associations have taken legal action to have this money put back into the superannuation accounts.

I have paid substantially into the pension fund with the understanding that the money would be held safely and redistributed when I retire. To add insult to injury, the government has since announced that employee contributions would increase to maintain the reserve and that it would cut back its share of the contribution.

Bill C-78 represents a fundamental breach of the government's fiduciary obligations towards current and retired members of the pension plans. I am sure the Courts will rule in our favour. At this juncture, it is not too late for the government to intervene and spare Canadian taxpayers any further expense and acrimony of long and protracted legal proceedings. It is not too late for you, as my Member of Parliament, to call on the government to do the right thing.

Sincerely,

(Full name)
(Full address)

c.c. Your Union or FSNA

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