Pension Information of Interest to PAGE BC Members
10 Myths about Ethical Investing - Do you believe in ethical investing in principle but worry about what that really means for your pension money? Are you unsure of what the ramifications of supporting a policy shift that insists on entical investing? This article debunks 10 common myths that cause teachers to shy away from insisting that the BCIMC take a leadership role in investing our pension fund.
2010 AGM Pension Resolutions - These are the resolutions which have been endorsed by the PAGE
Executive Committee.Please feel
free to adapt and modify them for presentation by your local to the 2010 BCTF
Annual General Meeting. This article originally appeared in the summer 2009 issue of The Global Educator. You may also be interested in reading Janet Steffanhagen's blog in the Vancouver Sun "Teacher Blasts BCTF for Unethical Investing" which features the pensions issue.
The “Dirty Baker’s Dozen” from the portfolio of the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, details about the ethics of 12 companies, by Paul Hutcheson. This article originally appeared in the summer 2008 issue of The Global Educator.
An Ethical Resolution for the 2009 BCTF AGM. This article originally appeared in the summer 2008 issue of The Global Educator.
The Profits of War, by Jim Pine, a Victoria Secondary teacher - "A couple of years ago, a retired editor from our local
newspaper spoke to my media literacy class. He said that if you are
confused by a media story – if it doesn’t make sense – to “follow the
money”. Following the money has led me to the military corporate
complex and, disturbingly, to the Teacher’s Pension Plan (TPP) that
BCTF members pay into. After the environmental destruction and
millions of lives lost in Vietnam, I thought that we in North America
had learned the awful truth of the futility of war. But, yet again, we
are at war – this time in Afghanistan and Iraq. Why? Let me share
what I’ve learned about the relationship between the military and the
monetary..... (read more)
Darfur, the Case for Targeted Divestment, by Joel Stephanson -
The Darfur conflict in western Sudan is now well into its sixth year. While it is tempting to speak in statistics rather thanparagraphs (hundreds of thousands are dead, and millions more are displaced), many people find individual stories of human experience and suffering far more compelling. Unfortunately, one does not need to go far online to find horrific stories of Sudanese origin.... (read more)
Ethical Pensions
