PrintUNA strongly urges members to attend pension hearings
Starting on June 16, the Standing Committee on Alberta’s Economic Future will be holding hearings on the government’s controversial pension legislation, Bills 9 and 10, which would fundamentally undermine the Local Authorities Pension Plan if passed in their present form.
The LAPP is the main retirement security plan for most members of UNA.
United Nurses of Alberta strongly urges members to attend this month’s public committee hearings to make clear to the MLAs on the committee their concern about proposed changes to their pensions.
Standing Committee on Alberta’s Economic Future, pension legislation hearings:
All the public hearings are scheduled to run from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Dates and locations of the hearings are listed below:
Speaker registration deadline: June 12
- Edmonton – June 16, Committee Room A, 4th Floor Legislature Annex, 9718 – 107th Street
- Fort McMurray – June 17, Sawridge Inn and Conference Centre, 530 MacKenzie Boulevard
- Grande Prairie – June 18, Pomeroy Hotel & Conference Centre, 11633 – 100th Street
Speaker registration deadline: June 20
- Calgary – June 23, The Coast Plaza Hotel & Conference Centre, 1316 – 33rd Street, NE
- Lethbridge – June 24, The Coast Lethbridge Hotel & Conference Centre, 526 Mayor Magrath Drive South
- Medicine Hat – June 25, Medicine Hat Lodge, 1051 Ross Glen Drive SE
- Red Deer – June 26, Sheraton Red Deer Hotel, 3310 – 50th Avenue
All the hearings will be open to the public, and any UNA member who wishes to attend may do so simply by showing up. However, anyone who wishes to make a presentation to the committee must register with the committee clerk, by Thursday, June 12, for the hearings in Edmonton, Fort McMurray and Grande Prairie, and by Friday, June 20, for the hearings in Calgary, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat and Red Deer.
Click here for information on how to contact the committee to register. By clicking on the names of each of the committee members listed on this page you will be taken to their official MLA contact page, which contains links to email address and telephone numbers.
Members who wish to make a presentation are encouraged to read UNA’s brochure, which can be accessed by clicking here, and by speaking with a member of UNA’s Communications Department. Call UNA’s Provincial Office and ask to speak with Dave Cournoyer or David Climenhaga.
Members who cannot attend the hearings and who can’t make a presentation are encouraged to write the members of the committee. The names and contact information for the members can be found by clicking here.
