Frontline Care. Lifelong Impact.

A lifetime of caring shouldn't come at a cost.

a fair finish means:

The choice to retire at 60 with unreduced pension benefits — for the healthcare professionals in the CBE Pension Plan.

A fair outcome for those who’ve carried New Brunswick’s health system through crisis after crisis.

A competitive advantage — helping New Brunswick attract and keep the nurses and healthcare professionals our system urgently needs.

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It’s about fairness. It’s about safety. It’s long overdue.

We are not asking for retirement to be mandatory at 60.
‍We are asking for a choice.

Let those who are ready — who have given decades of service — retire at 60 with unreduced pension benefits. And let those who want to stay, stay. Let’s give health care professionals the retirement option they’ve earned: a Fair Finish at 60, with unreduced pension benefits.

Health care professionals spend their lives caring for us — through long nights, chronic understaffing, and physically strenuous shifts. Many begin in their early twenties and give 35 or 40 years to the profession.

By the time they reach 60, many are living with chronic pain, fatigue, and burnout. But unlike other public servants — including teachers, firefighters, and even judges — they face a stark choice: keep working past their limits or retire early and lose 5% of their pension every year before 65. That’s just not fair.

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This is about fairness.

Many public service professions retire at 55-60 with unreduced pensions and benefits.

Health care professionals, who face equal or greater demands, deserve no less.

Firefighters

Retire at 55, regardless of years of service. Retire at any age with 25+ years.

Pilots

(Air Canada) Retire at 60, or at age 55 with 25+ years service.

Teachers

Retire at 62 with 20+ years of service or at any age with 35+ years.

Judges

Retire at 60 with 20+ years of service or at any age with 35+ years.

RCMP

Retire at 60, regardless of years of service. Retire at any age with 25+ years.

Military

Retire at 60, regardless of years of service. Retire at any age with 25+ years.

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Physical Toll:

By age 60, 75%—or three out of four —nurses suffer from chronic pain, a direct result of decades enduring the immense physical demands of their profession: repetitive strain, heavy lifting, and grueling long shifts.

Early Start, Long Service:

Health care professionals often begin their careers at 20-22. After more than 40 years of dedicated service, retiring at 60 isn't a privilege —it’s a logical milestone. A 60-year-old nurse has paid into their pension longer than most public-sector workers.

Honor Service, End Shortages:

To match Nova Scotia's retirement standard and stop losing nurses to neighbouring provinces, we need to ensure retirement with dignity is within reach. This secures experienced staff, attracts new healthcare talent to New Brunswick, and is part of the solution to our staffing crisis.

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Fill out the form below to join us in asking the provincial government to give health care professionals a Fair Finish: retirement at 60 with unreduced pension benefits for workers in the CBE Pension Plan.

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Dear Susan Holt, John Dornan and René Legacy,

My name is [First Name] [Last Name], and I’m a [Profession].

I’m writing to ask you for your support to give health care professionals in the CBE Pension Plan the choice to retire at age 60 with unreduced pension benefits. We call it a Fair Finish — because that’s exactly what it is.

Most of us begin our careers in our early 20s. Being required to dedicate 40 years to a profession to receive the entire benefit is unfair. By age 60, 75% of us are living with chronic pain and exhaustion from decades of repetitive strain, heavy lifting, and long, grueling shifts. We deferred those wage contributions for a fair pension; retirement at age 65 makes it unfair.

Other public servants — teachers, firefighters, police officers — can retire with full pensions at 55 or 60. Health care workers, who face equal or greater physical and emotional strain, deserve the same.

This is a matter of fairness, health, and respect. Reducing health care workers’ pensions for choosing to retire at 60, after decades of service, is unacceptable.

When we reach 60, we’ll have earned our exit – with unreduced pension benefits. Health care professionals deserve no less.

Sincerely,
[First Name] [Last Name]

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