Thursday, November 1, 2007 |
The Ontario Pensions Commission will be in Ottawa during the day on November 1 for a “public consultation”, and we are encouraging delegates to attend and make contributions. |
6:00 PM |
Registration |
Ottawa Marriott Hotel |
7:00 PM |
Keynote address:
Ken Georgetti,
President of the Canadian Labour Congress |
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM |
Political panel on pensions (with MPs from all parties and a chance for audience questions). |
Friday, November 2, 2007 |
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM |
Registration |
Ottawa Marriott Hotel |
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Panel #1:
It’s our money... period!
protecting workplace pensions
Chair: Ken Georgetti, President, CLC
Screening of CBC’s The National documentary, “Is your pension safe?” (2004)
The Honourable Yoine Goldstein, Senator for Quebec, and national expert on bankruptcy law
Marie Kelly, Assistant to the President, United Steelworkers District 6 |
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM |
Break |
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM |
Workshops |
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM |
Lunch & Keynote Address:
Monica Townson,
Principal, Monica Townson Associates, Inc. |
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM |
Panel #2:
The real demographic "time bomb": addressing the crisis of pension coverage
Chair: TBA
Derek Fudge, National Director of Policy Development and Liaison, NUPGE
Jackie Dwyer, Union Trustee, Multi-Sector Pension Plan (MSPP)
Hugh Mackenzie, Principal, Hugh Mackenzie and Associates |
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM |
Break |
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM |
Workshops |
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
Panel #3: Making our pension money work for us: the potential of workers' capital
Chair: Peter Chapman, Executive Director, Shareholder Association for Research and Education (SHARE)
Mike Musuraca, Union Trustee, New York City Retirement System (NYCERS)
Brian O’Keefe, Sponsors Board, OMERS (re P3s and the threat to union jobs)
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5:30 PM -7:30 PM |
Free time |
7:30 PM |
Global powerhouse or bosses’ cash grab? Straight talk on hedge funds, private equity, and the threat to workers’ pensions.
Chair: Ken Georgetti, President, CLC
Keynote address: John Monks, General Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation.
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Saturday, November 3, 2007 |
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Panel #4:
Dignity for today's (and tomorrow's) retirees
Chair: TBA
Mary Eady, first Director of the CLC Women’s Dept, former Deputy Minister of Labour (Manitoba, 1981-1988)
Larry Wagg, President, Congress of Union Retirees of Canada (CURC)
Julie White, researcher and pharmacare expert, Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) |
Ottawa Marriott Hotel |
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM |
Break |
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM |
Panel #5:
Labour organizing on pensions: Where do we go from here?
Chair: Ken Georgetti, President, CLC
Various labour leaders (TBA)
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12:45 PM - 1:00 PM |
Wrap-up by Ken Georgetti |
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