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Given the Coronavirus and all the societal impacts this has created we hope everyone and your families are staying safe. DIPAC in past years has called its Annual General meeting for the end of April to elect directors, review the previous year's financial statements, and appoint...

The PowerPoint presentation from the 2019 AGM has been converted to a PDF and posted in the Member's News area. Log into the website and read it online or download to read it on your device.

Just a quick note about the DIPAC, 2019 AGM. You should have gotten a notice about the AGM either via snail mail or email. Check your spam folder if you haven't gotten it yet. Here are the key points: 2019 AGM Meeting The 2019 Annual General Meeting will be held in Kingston. The ...

Notice to all Members. If you tried to login to the DIPAC website this year, possibly to read member content or pay your annual membership dues, you may have encountered an HTTP 500 Internal Server Error. The site was affected by a low-level hack where some template files we...

First, a little background Working with the provincial Liberal Government for well over 10 years You may recall at some of those early DIPAC meetings whereby we presented a synopsis of our advocating and all the work that our colleagues (mainly Jack Walsh and Neil Quigley) had un...

Here are some updated notes about the state of your pension and what you can do to save/protect it: June-7-Ontario-Election.pdf122.61 KB15/05/2018, 16:29

What to ask candidates in a public forum Ontario Government legislation recently put your pension at risk. In passing the legislation, Premier Kathleen Wynne rejected a proposal to fully protect your pension at no cost to the taxpayer. The June 7 election campaign is st...

We are participating in a joint initiative with the Canadian Federation of Pensioners (CFP) and the Canadian Association of Retired Persons (CARP). This initiative’s focus is to put some needed heat on the federal government in terms of improving Pensioner Protecti...

Please read this letter written by Tony Pompeo to the Kevin Flynn, The Minister of Labour. Tony has expressed the position by the Canadian Federation of Pensioners (CFP) in the letter, so there can be no doubt how we feel. You can expect to hear more about our position at our upc...

Here is a link to an article in the Toronto Sun where Bob Farmer, president of the Canadian Federation of Pensioners (CFP), discusses the negative effect of changes that the Ontario government is implementing to the pension underfunding requirements of companies. h...

On Tuesday, October 17th members of DIPAC along with the Canadian Federation of Pensioners (CFP) hosted a breakfast at Queens Park for all MPP's and key influencers on pension policy for the province. The breakfast was followed with a series of one on one meeting with a number of...

Recall that at our Annual General Meeting in April we discussed a number of critical issues that the DIPAC board was concerned about and working on. At the federal level, we were gathering signatures for a petition, asking the Government to elevate the priority given to pensioner...

What is happening to Sears Canada pensioners is what we have been discussing at the last couple of DIPAC Annual General Meetings and why the Canadian Federation of Pensioners (CFP) is putting a lot of effort to change the CCAA to prioritize pension obligations higher up in the liability recognition as opposed to today where pensions are treated as an unsecured creditor.

A news item has been posted in the members News area.

I wanted to let everyone know that you can pay your membership fees online by credit card. DIPAC uses PayPal to process credit card payments securely online. You do not need a PayPal account to process a payment, but if you create a free account, your payments can process automat...

Reminder to DIPAC members: The 2017 Annual General Meeting will be held in Kingston, Wednesday April 19th 2017. The time is 1:30 pm and the location is the Italo Canadian Club. DIRECTIONS: Via Hwy 401: Exit at 619 and proceed North on Montreal St & turn left on McAdoo Lane; t...

Reminder to DIPAC members: The 2016 Annual General Meeting will be held in Kingston, Wednesday April 27th 2016.  The time is 1:30 pm and the location is the Italo Canadian Club. DIRECTIONS: Via Hwy 401: Exit at 619 and proceed North on Montreal St & turn l...

Annual General Meeting to be held in Kingston on April 29th.  See details 2015 Annual General Meeting  

  The 2013 financial statements for the fund were recently filed by INVISTA.  These statements only reflect the asset position as details of both assets and liabilities will be available with the next actuarial valuation.Financial Update

The following article highlights the work being done by the Canadian Federation of Pensioners (CFP). Here: Op-Ed: Don't change the rules on pensioners I would recommend you read it and contact your MP & MPP and make your dissatisfaction known that this change will negatively ...

The Federal government recently issued a consultation paper on a new type of pension plan whose features are that neither the benefits nor the contributions are fixed. It is based on some type of prefunding standard which is considerably less stringent than the method currently u...

Recently I had a need to talk to a Greenshield Representative on a question regarding my registration. I was impressed by the professionalism and friendliness. I certainly hope that this kind of performance continues. On another topic; The increase in postage stamps is a cause fo...