Notices & Upcoming Events

system that prioritizes home care for seniors and enforces regulations that govern Retirement and

Long-Term care homes, emphasizing the need for patient respect, and the working conditions, training and wages of staff. • We will continue to defend defined benefit pension plans, focusing on how the pandemic will affect pension plan funding obligations. Given the current low investment returns and the huge debt load that governments are amassing, our concern is that pension plan sponsors, including governments, will seek relief through weakening pension promises and downloading risk on seniors. • We recognize that TOGETHER we are stronger and will have a greater impact than one group acting alone. Our Seniors’ Issues for the 2019 Federal

Election Brochure which was distributed right across

Canada and the 13,720 signatures that we collected in support of pension security and the withdrawal of

Bill C-27 show the benefits of collective action. • ACER-CART will seek to elevate our profile and collaborate within our Provincial Associations.

We have Executive members spread across the country and encourage Provincial Associations to regularly include reports and visits from ACER-

CART Directors or Executive members at your general meetings.

Many of our concerns are shared by other Associations representing other groups of active and retired members. We will continue to seek out and work with other like-minded groups such as the Canadian Health Coalition, The Canadian Teachers’ Federation and the National Association of Federal Retires using bodies such as Vibrant Voices to coordinate our efforts.

Please join us as we speak, for not just the retired educators, but for all seniors in Canada. 

NOTICES & COMING EVENTS

THANK YOU, FROM DOREEN SAGE

Thank you to all who co-operated with me when my laptop was compromised. I realize that it did cause some confusion in some lives, but I do hope that that this has been a learning experience for all of us.

McCreary Homecoming August 2021

Former teachers and students of McCreary School are invited to attend a Tea at the school, the long weekend of August 2021, in the afternoon. School tours will be available.

Winnipeg Normal School Class of '54

Hold the Date: Friday, September 17, 2021, 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. at Canad Inn Polo Park, Winnipeg Celebrating 67th Reunion. This will be the 12th Reunion for this class. For further information contact: Mary Starodub, Winnipeg: 204-889-6046 Morris Demkiw, Winnipeg: 204-832-5413. Also watch KIT for further information. - Mary and Morris Schoolmasters' Curling

The Schoolmasters Curling League was started the late ’60’s and although it started as a league for teachers, their families and school support staff, we now have lawyers, independent business people, nurses, and pharmacists who participate, in addition to teachers and retired teachers. Our league is looking for more curlers for the coming season, to avoid folding. We curl out of the Fort Rouge Curling Club at 750 Daly Street S, and draw time is 8:45 a.m. on Saturdays.

Please consider signing up for the 2020/2021 School Masters curling season. If you want to join as a team, that is great and no curling experience is necessary. Please email Carol Dubnicoff (jandc@shaw.ca) or Barb Hodge (b_a_hodge@icloud.com) and let them know of your intentions. If there are only 2 or 3 of you, let us know and we will try to make a team for you. Thanks for your consideration and we hope you will help keep the Schoolmasters League Rocking!

O U Y R RTAM KIT IS NOW M O B ILE READABLE

To receive your digital copy of KIT instead of a paper copy, send your e-mail address to dsage@mymts.net including your Canada post mailing address. Not available for non-RTAM members.

Voluntary Benefits for RTAM Members.

the insurance needs of the majority of retired teachers. Since 1998, we achieved this through RTAM’s sponsorship of an increasing range of voluntary insurance A variety of voluntary insurance options are available to RTAM members and their eligible dependents including: • Extended Health Care • Guaranteed Issue Life Insurance • Dental Care • Term Life Insurance • Prestige Travel with Trip Cancellation • Home Insurance • Additional Stand Alone Trip Cancellation

For more information please contact the plan administrator, Johnson Insurance. 1.877.989.2600 | pbservicewest@johnson.ca www.johnson.ca/rtam

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