Update from Canada’s Minister of Seniors, Kamal Khera // Mise à jour de la ministre des Aînés du Canada, Kamal Khera:
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Update from Canada’s Minister of Seniors, Kamal Khera // Mise à jour de la ministre des Aînés du Canada, Kamal Khera:
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We at the B.C. Section of the Senior Liberals Commission of Canada hope that you all have a safe and joyous Holiday Season in spite of any and all difficulties that you might be dealing with. And to all of you a prosperous and Happy New Year in 2022.
Linda Schwey, Chair of the Quebec Section SLC has sent this along for us to share and participate in – sounds very interesting.
Chrystia Freeland : Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
Omar Alghabra: Minister of Transport
Anita Anand: Minister of National Defence
Carolyn Bennett: Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health
Marie-Claude Bibeau: Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
Bill Blair: President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness
Randy Boissonnault: Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance
François-Philippe Champagne: Minister of Innovation, Science and Commerce
Jean-Yves Duclos : Minister of Health
Jean-Yves Duclos and family members arrive for the cabinet swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)
Mona Fortier: President of the Treasury Board
Sean Fraser: Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
Karina Gould: Minister of Families, Children and Social Development
Steven Guilbeault: Minister of Environment and Climate Change
Patty Hajdu: Minister of Indigenous Services and minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario
Mark Holland: Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Ahmed Hussen: Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion
Gudie Hutchings: Minister of Rural and Economic Development
Marci Ien: Minister for Women, Gender Equality and Youth
Helena Jaczek: Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
Mélanie Joly: Minister of Foreign Affairs
Kamal Khera: Minister of Seniors
David Lametti: Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Dominic LeBlanc: Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities
Diane Lebouthillier: Minister of National Revenue
Lawrence MacAulay: Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
Marco Mendicino: Minister of Public Safety
Marc Miller: Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
Joyce Murray: Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
Mary Ng: Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development
Seamus O’Regan: Minister of Labour
Ginette Petitpas Taylor: Minister of Official Languages and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Carla Qualtrough: Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion
Pablo Rodriguez: Minister of Canadian Heritage and Quebec Lieutenant
Harjit Sajjan: Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada
Pascale St-Onge: Minister of Sport and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for Quebec
Filomena Tassi: Minister of Public Services and Procurement
Dan Vandal: Minister of Northern Affairs; Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada, and minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
Jonathan Wilkinson: Minister of Natural Resources
September 20 is Election Day in Canada with advance polling starting on September 10.
As we navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen the importance of universal health care as a public good for all regardless of income, age, immigration status, or where we live. Unfortunately, our public health care system does not meet everyone’s needs. This is the result of years of underfunding and attack from private interests. We need a federal government who will commit to improving and defending the public health care system we all rely on.
Please click here to find information about some of the most important issues in health care this election, including a list of questions you can ask candidates.
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All Candidates Meeting on Seniors’ IssuesJoin us and our partners on September 13th at 7PM for a virtual town hall meeting with federal candidates from the ridings of Vancouver Granville and Vancouver South. This event is jointly hosted by Jewish Seniors Alliance, Marpole Oakridge Family Place, South Vancouver Seniors Network, South Granville Seniors Centre, COSCO BC, and BC Health Coalition. Register here |
With the BC Government’s commitment to introduce a provincial paid sick leave program and federal election promises of implementing similar federal programs, what happens in BC could form the blueprint of a paid sick benefit for all Canadians. We strongly encourage all workers to participate in BC Government’s Paid Sick Leave Survey by September 14th.
“For many Canadians, these costs are such a burden that they avoid taking the medicines they need. A poll from the Angus Reid Institute last October found that one in four Canadian households struggles financially to fill prescriptions. The problem is more acute among women, racialized Canadians, Indigenous people and young people”.
Read this op-ed by Beatrice Bruske, Doug Roth and Linda Silas.
Election 2021 – Another Win for Liberal Grassroots Policy
https://slc-cal.liberal.ca/election-2021-another-win-for-liberal-grassroots-policy/
Élection 2021 – Une autre victoire pour les politiques libérales de la base
https://slc-cal.liberal.ca/fr/election-2021-une-autre-victoire-pour-les-politiques-liberales-de-la-base/
This post is a contribution/idea from our President Judith Higginbotham:
Since today is Mothers Day I’d like to point out how valuable our grandmothers are in today’s society and especially in our economy. What would many young families do without the child-minding assistance of grandmothers? Many women would be forced to stay home, rendering the family short one income. We know that grandfathers also provide the benefit of childcare to working families, but it usually falls to the female grandparent to do the intensive care. Even if professional daycare is available in the neighbourhoods where working families live, it is sometimes prohibitively expensive. That expense drives the parents to look for less expensive, less professional daycare and that is always a worry regarding quality and security. And that brings the grandmother into the scene – more and more often these days. Usually the grandmother is happy with the sort of arrangement, but with seniors being involved in so many activities in 2021 from sports to mature learning courses, we hope that the families can reach a compromise where everyone is satisfied: – the children, the grandmother/grandparents and the mother and father who work so hard to contribute to their families and thus to our national economy.
So, cheers to Mothers today – but also those important Grandmothers!
by Judith E. Higginbotham, Chair: B.C. Section, Senior Liberals Commission.
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I want to tell all of you about an initiative my mother (92) just told me about this morning.
For 10 years, my mother lived in a Rotary run seniors’ residence in Montreal – The Manoir Westmount. She loved it, was very engaged, successfully started various initiatives including 1. changing the dress code, 2. starting a looseleaf type book to include each new resident as they arrived and then alternate binders with those who left and 3. Running a current events club that met regularly.
Now, the Manoir Westmount has one rule my mother was not able to change. To be a resident you must be able to walk to the dining room. You can use a cane or walker but no wheelchairs or wheel chair equivalents.
My mother’s two major accidents – a fall from a horse and a skiing accident- caught up with her. At age 89, walking became a torture to her. So, she looked around, found a residence in the Laurentians, closer to her extended family and had the good fortune to be settled in there before COVID struck.
She has kept in touch with her friends from the Manoir through FaceTime.
Today, she told me that the Director of activities at The Manoir had contacted her to ask if she would once again lead the Current Events group but this time via Zoom. Sessions haven’t started yet, but are in the works!
This is an inspiring story in my view, which is why I’m sharing it.
Carla
(Thank-you to Carla Morgan for this terrific story)