{"id":307386,"date":"2025-11-26T04:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T04:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/307386\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T04:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T04:39:09","slug":"union-members-who-helped-elect-liberals-now-fear-pension-reductions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/307386\/","title":{"rendered":"Union members who helped elect Liberals now fear pension reductions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A major federal public-sector union is warning that the Liberal government, which many public servants supported at the ballot box, may now be preparing to scale back their pension benefits.<\/p>\n

In a November 19 statement<\/a>, the Public Service Alliance of Canada voiced concern that Budget 2025 contains language suggesting federal workers are \u201covercontributing\u201d to their pension plans and that the budget proposes \u201ccorrecting\u201d the issue. PSAC says the wording hints at an attempt to reduce the value of federal pensions to offset recent CPP and QPP adjustments \u2014 a move the union calls \u201cunacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n

An anonymous employee at the Canada Revenue Agency, speaking as a whistleblower, voiced frustration to True North over the situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want Canadians to know that public servants are not government officials, and that the government takes advantage of everyone they possibly can,\u201d the employee said.<\/p>\n

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The union\u2019s warning comes after last year\u2019s decision by the Liberal government to transfer $1.9 billion from the Public Service Pension Plan into general revenues \u2014 a move unions said undermined workers\u2019 retirement security.\u201c<\/p>\n

\u201cPensions are a core part of our members\u2019 compensation \u2014 paid for and earned over a lifetime of service,\u201d PSAC said in its statement.<\/p>\n

It added that any change to pension benefits must be transparent and handled at the bargaining table, not embedded in a budget as an accounting measure.<\/p>\n

PSAC is demanding immediate clarification on the intent and impact of the pension language in Budget 2025, and is calling on the Carney government to strengthen\u2014rather than weaken\u2014the retirement security of federal workers.<\/p>\n

The union says it will update members as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n

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