REGINA — A retired reservist who served in Afghanistan says he’s being denied the opportunity to buy back pension benefits for his teaching job. Dignean says he’s since been trying to buy back pension benefits through the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation, but has been told he’s not eligible because he wasn’t on an educational leave. The 60-year-old says he assumed he could buy back the benefits because he was being deployed on behalf of Canada. Nine years were spent teaching on a reserve, so he wasn’t part of the teachers federation during that time. Morgan said he has asked the ministry to find out more about Dignean’s pension situation and a possible remedy.

Source: National Post November 09, 2017 21:42 UTC