Who we are
The UK government speaks of court challenges over the years, and yes, the courts have ruled in their favour. However, is the criteria just whether it’s ‘legal’ or not? In days gone by the slave trade was ‘legal’; and in former days it was also deemed ‘legal’ to deny women the right to vote. Instead of focusing on what may or may not be a ‘legal’ obligation, would it not be better to focus on what is the just and fair thing to do?”
There are 492,176 UK pensioners worldwide who do not receive the annual increase to their UK state pension – 127,118 of whom live in Canada.
We are a not-for-profit, volunteer based organisation which offers their members assistance, support and information; helps them understand and claim the UK state pension which they are entitled to because they paid their National Insurance Contributions (NICs) when they worked in the UK.
We act as a lobby and pressure group to persuade the UK government to stop the discriminatory practice of freezing pensions based on where you live in retirement.
The CABP can track its roots back to the early 1980’s – before the advent of telephone and computer technology – before the iPhone and before Windows. Technology has come a long way since then and so have we.
The start of the CABP....
The British Pensioners Association (Canada) changes its name to the Canadian Alliance of British Pensioners.
Formal adoption CABP....
The CABP was formally incorporated, with Betty E Topham as President
New President for CABP
Benson Zonena takes over as the new President….
New team take over at the CABP....
Douglas Ross becomes the President and Robert McMullan becomes Chairman. Douglas and Robert represented the CABP at the House of Commons Social Security investigation into pension uprating in 1997.
Change in the Hot Seat at the CABP....
Robert McMullan becomes Chairman/President to sit in the hot seat on his own…..
New leader taking over the Hot Seat
Brian Lechem takes over the Chair at the CABP…..
Tony Bockman takes over at the CABP....
Tony Bockman becomes the new leader at the CABP….
Peter Kennan becomes new Chair....
Peter Kennan steps into the Hot Seat……
Brian Lechem returns .....
Brian Lechem comes back to sit in the Hot Seat once again…
Sheila Telford's turn in the Hot Seat
Sheila Telford becomes the first Chairwoman of the CABP……
David Morris becomes the next CABP Chairman
Sheila Telford answers the call of the International Consortium of British Pensioners (ICBP), she hands the reins to David Morris……
Ian's turn to sit in the Hot Seat
As David returns to the workforce, Ian Andexser takes over as Chairman of the CABP….
