e-568 (Canada Pension Plan)
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled
- We recognize and appreciate the efforts our federal public servants take to provide services to Canadians, which we comfortably take for granted;
- We recognize that in the course of their work life, some employees become ill and/or disabled, and must resort to medical retirement and disability to survive;
- The Government of Canada, through its application of the Public Service Superannuation Act (PSSA), deducts the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Disability Benefit, dollar for dollar, from the pensions these people have paid into for decades;
- These deductions are retroactive and leave these people, who have provided us with services, on the brink of financial ruin while they attempt to reimburse the insurance companies, and/or the PSSA; and
- This draconian practice does not happen to healthy employees, but only to those who have lost their health, and eliminating the practice of "clawing back" benefits will ease the burden of those who have enough to worry about, being unfortunately ill.
- Open for signature
- September 26, 2016, at 3:32 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- January 24, 2017, at 3:32 p.m. (EDT)