A Message from the PPAO President
So, you found yourself on the PPAO (Police Pensioners Association of Ontario) website. Either you’ve been browsing and stumbled upon us, or you’re here on purpose looking to see what we’re all about. In any event, welcome, and thank you for visiting us.
The PPAO started in 1997 as way of providing retired Ontario Police personnel, officers or civilians, a forum to meet and to advocate on behalf of, retired persons. Over the years, we have grown from an organization, primarily dealing with OMERS (Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System) issues, to one that deals with economical and political advocacy for all pensioners in general and police pensioners in particular.
With the ongoing pandemic, issues faced by seniors and those retired were made more apparent. Long term care facilities, medical treatment, financial inequalities were some of the things brought to the forefront. The PPAO executive sit on a number of different association boards and committees that help to steer the direction of policy when it comes to issues relating to seniors. As a member of the CFP (Canadian Federation of Pensioners) Bill C-253 reached 2nd reading before the government was prorogued. This is an issue related to pensioners across Canada and not just belonging to OMERS. As a member of the OMERS Retirement Group, we have a representative that sits on the OMERS Sponsors Corporation board, and we sit on many OMERS committees that have a direct influence for our members.
We have also learned, that as retired persons, if we thought getting a discount before was exciting, it’s even more so now. With that in mind, the PPAO have developed a fantastic discount program for our members with group policy plans for home and auto insurance, health and travel insurance and for many goods and services we can use. Add to that our most recent addition, Mednow Pharmacy and our discount program touches almost every sector.
Take a visit to our member only area on our website and see what we have to offer you during this life after policing. Just because you’ve stopped working doesn’t mean you’ve stopped living. In fact, life has only just begun and the PPAO is actively trying to make this new part of your life more enjoyable and rewarding.
Take your time browsing around and if you have any comments or questions feel free to send us a message and someone will get an answer to you as soon as we can.
Stay safe,
