Haché addresses Laurentian University board SHARE ON: Last Friday marked the last day of work for some of the faculty impacted by job cuts made earlier in the month and to show support for those workers, car rallies were held by the Scholar Strike group in Sudbury, Kitchener-Waterloo, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. Photo - yahoo news Laurentian University president Robert Haché says the worst is behind the institution and its insolvency process. Haché made the statement to the board of governors adding two resolutions impacting retirees that were passed last Friday. He says both the Retiree Health Benefit Plan and the Supplemental Retirement Plan were terminated, effective April 7th, adding all pensioners will still receive a monthly pension.