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QOTD: “When Roosevelt signed Social Security into law, it was meant to start coverage at age 65 at a time when 58 was the average life span of male Americans. (Roosevelt himself died at 63 ten years later.) When President Johnson signed Medicare, life spans were still well below today’s standards, and most major medical breakthroughs were still in the future. (Johnson also would die in his 60s.) Neither imagined a world in which people routinely lived into their 80s and 90s, with knee replacements and heart transplants and home dialysis machines. Roosevelt opposed public employee unions, whose pension demands and early retirements are now driving some of our states and cities into bankruptcy. It’s easier to think of goods as rights when the costs are low, and they therefore take little from others. It’s when the costs rise—as in medical treatments—that the political trade-offs rise, too.” –Noemie Emery
“There have been many significant accomplishments on the operational and financial front to date this year,” Kloet said in a release before stock markets opened Friday.
“Among the successes in this past quarter was renewed momentum in our listings business. On a combined basis, new listings on Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange were up 33 per cent and the value of new equity financings on TSX Venture Exchange increased 84 per cent. We are also proud that Toronto Stock Exchange reached over 200 exchange traded products listed in June.
“We continue to see strong growth in derivatives as volumes on the Montreal Exchange reached another new quarterly record with 16.3 million contracts traded.”
TMX Group is in the midst of an intense takeover battle that recently saw one of it suitors, the London Stock Exchange Group, drop out of the competition after the deal failed to gain enough shareholder support.
The remaining bidder, Maple Group Acquisition Corp., a group of financial institutions and pension funds said Wednesday it will give investors more time to decide whether they want to tender their shares under the $3.8-billion offer.
It will give TMX Group shareholders until Sept. 30 to tender their shares, extending the deadline initially set for next Monday.
Maple said that during the extension period it will continue trying to receive the required approvals for the acquisition from securities regulators and the federal Competition Bureau.
Maple has said previously that it expected to receive approvals in the fall.
The offer is to acquire between 70 and 80 per cent of the shares of TMX Group — part of an integrated acquisition transaction to acquire 100 per cent of TMX shares.
The TMX has said it will continue its expansion plan, whether it comes to an agreement with Maple, or moves forward on its own.
Also on Wednesday, TMX Group announced the purchase of Atrium Network, a provider of capital markets data in Europe and North America.
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Previously published in Examiner
Part 4 of the applying for disability series
The following is information for any Montreal resident who is contemplating applying for the Quebec Disability Pension Plan.
This article is based on the rules and regulations concerning applying for disability in the Province of Quebec. You are advised to check with your state or province to see what you need to know about your own system.
The Quebec disability pension is reserved for people who have worked and have become disabled. It is not set up for people who have never worked before. Other programs are available for such people.
To qualify for the Quebec Disability Pension
You must be under the age of 65 and have contributed to the Quebec Pension Plan while you were healthy and able to work.
There are two plans that you may apply for depending on your situation:
The disability pension
The pension for a disabled person's child
Who can qualify for a Quebec Disability Pension?
You are considered to be disabled and eligible for the disability pension if you are between age 60 and 65 and you can no longer do the type of work that you were doing before you became disabled (subject to review and approval by the Regie)
Or
You are younger than 60 years old and your disability is severe enough that you cannot find gainful employment and maintain it on a regular basis. This disability is expected to last indefinitely.
How is the Quebec Disability Pension Paid?
Once your application for disability has been approved, you will receive your first payment four months afterward. For example, if the application was approved in January, you will receive your first payment in May. The last payment will be the month of your 65th birthday. You will also receive any retroactive payments due to you.
Each year the pension will increase according to the cost of living, however you will be expected to pay income tax upon the monies you receive
For more information about the Quebec Pension Plan:
By Internet:
www.rrq.gouv.qc.ca
By Phone:
Region of Quebec: 418-643-5185
Montreal: 514-873-2433
Toll free number: 1-800-463-5185
TTY – Service for the hearing impaired
1-800-603-3540