FADOQ keeps members up to date on everything that happens across the network. It also lets them know about the work it does to improve their quality of life, including briefs, advocacy, news, editorials, publications, and more.
Individuals aged 50 and over who want active lifestyles, to meet other people and experience new things will undoubtedly find what they’re looking for in the Réseau FADOQ. He/it gets over 70,000 people to be physicaly active every week.
This brief was presented to the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women to highlight the challenges faced by elderly women in Canada.
Réseau FADOQ recommended extending a deceased person’s Old Age Security benefits for three months for the benefit of the surviving beneficiary. The network also stressed the importance of increasing the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS).
The situation of caregivers was also a central topic. Réseau FADOQ argued strongly in favour of raising the maximum weekly earnings threshold for caregiver benefits so that the amount granted is more in line with the income of these beneficiaries.
Read the brief (French)
