ACER-CART BRIEF: Federal Role in Health Care
November 22, 2008
Through fourteen (14) provincial and territorial associations of retired teachers, the Canadian Association of Retired Teachers (ACER‐CART) represents well over 160 000 members across Canada.
Every year, Directors representing these associations meet in Ottawa to discuss issues relating to aging and seniors: government policies and programs, health care, elder abuse, retirement income, downloading of responsibilities between the different levels of government, affordable housing, long term care, property taxes, pharmacare, other major issues involving seniors.
As a member of the Congress of National Seniors’ Organizations (CNSO), ACER‐CART is in constant contact with the representatives of other seniors’ organizations, sharing information and discussing the status of health care services across Canada. ACER‐CART strongly supports CNSO’s mission: influence and shape policies and programs on aging through efficient and effective dialogue between seniors’ organizations and all levels of government.
