Students to comment on pension reform

WINNIPEG, April 12 /CNW Telbec/ - A representative of the Canadian Federation of Students will be available for comment following a Department of Finance roundtable discussion with invited stakeholders, experts, and representatives of provincial and territorial governments.

"The recent recession has demonstrated that students and young workers face a very unpredictable economic future," said Katherine Giroux-Bougard, National Chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students, "Developing a strategy for strengthening the public pension system is an issue for the young and old alike."

    
    What:  Federal roundtable on pension reform
    Where: Marshall McLuhan Room, University Centre, University of Manitoba,
           Winnipeg
    When:  12:00 pm CDT
    

The Canadian Federation of Students is Canada's largest student organisation, uniting more that one-half million students in all ten provinces. The Canadian Federation of Students and its predecessor organisations have represented students in Canada since 1927.

For further information: Ian Boyko, Research and Communications Officer, [phone]