After two years, the Ontario Expert Commission on Pensions has released its report to the public. In this special online section, you'll find stories about the report, the commission, 2007's public hearings, and a number of the submissions made to the commission.

OECP-Related Articles

• Too Little, Too Late
• Ontario Pension Report Misses the Mark
• Harry Arthurs and the Deathly DB System
• The OECP Report: A Missed Opportunity
• The OECP Report: Time is of the Essence
• OECP Releases Report
• OECP Report Being Released Thursday
• OECP to Submit Report by End of October
• OECP Releases Research Papers
• OECP Report Will be Completed on Time
• Surplus Rights and Deficit Obligations
• CIA Makes Suggestions to Help DB Plans
• Pension Risks Need to be Shared: Watson Wyatt
• More Flexible Pension Legislation Needed, Says Teachers'
• Calling for Pension Reform
• Ambachtsheer Recommends Creation of Supplementary Pension Plans
• FEI Canada Calls for Revised Pension Management Rules
• PIAC Makes Eight Recommendations to OECP
• CAW Wants Pensions Overhauled
• OECP Adds More Hearing Dates
• Plan Sponsors Should Speak Up, Says OECP Expert Advisor
• OECP Schedules Public Hearings
• Reaction to Pension Commission Positive
• Ontario Sets Up Pension Commission

OECP Hearings: Presentations & Submissions

October 17, 2007 - Toronto

• Association of Management, Administrative and Professional Crown Employees of Ontario (AMAPCEO)
• Pension Investment Association of Canada (PIAC)
• Canadian Auto Workers (CAW)
• Hospitals Of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
• Police Association of Ontario
• Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations
• Ontario Public Service Employees Union - Pension Trust
• Association of Canadian Pension Management (ACPM)

October 18, 2007 - Toronto

• Police Retirees of Ontario Inc.
• C.D. Howe Institute
• Council of Ontario Universities
• Nursing Homes & Related Industries Pension Plan and the Multi-Sector Pension Plan
• Ontario Chamber of Commerce
• University of Toronto Faculty Association
• Financial Executives International Canada

October 19, 2007 - Toronto

• Keith Ambachtsheer (see story: Ambachtsheer Recommends Creation of Supplementary Pension Plans)
• Ontario Federation of Labour
• Canada’s Association for the Fifty-Plus
• Common Front for Retirement Security
• OMERS
• Ontario Bar Association
• International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
• Social Investment Organization

October 23, 2007 - Toronto

• Ontario Region of the Communications, Energy & Paperworkers Union of Canada
• Ontario Public Service Employees Union
• Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
• Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers & Grain Millers - Local 154
• United Steelworkers – Canadian National Office
• Morneau Sobeco
• Blakes
• Koskie, Minsky

October 24, 2007 - Toronto

• Municipal Property Assessment Corporation and Centre for Addiction & Mental Health (not available)
• Osler
• Labourers’ Pension Fund of Central & Eastern Canada
• Union Pension Services (not available)

October 31, 2007 - Kingston

• Ontario Professional Fire Fighters Association (not available)
• United Food & Commercial Workers
• Dr. P.J. Galasso (not available)
• Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology - Pension Plan
• Dupont/Invista Pensioners Association of Canada
• St. Lawrence Retirees Association

November 1, 2007 - Ottawa

• Canadian Institute of Actuaries
• Congress of Union Retirees of Canada
• Peter Benedek
• Canadian Labour Congress
• Federal Superannuates National Association (not available)

November 7, 2007 - Toronto

• Multi-Employer Benefit Plan Council of Canada
• Towers Perrin
• Canadian Federation of Independent Business (not available)
• Hugh O’Reilly
• Buck Consultants
• Canadian Union of Public Employees – Ontario (not available)
• National Pensioners & Senior Citizens Federation (not available)
• Durham Region Labour Council's Poltical Action Committee - presentation DRLCPAC - submission

November 13, 2007 - Hamilton

• United Steelworkers – Hamilton Local (not available)
• Canadian Federation of Pensioners (not available)
• Canadian Auto Workers – Retired Workers (not available)
• Police Pensioners Association of Ontario (not available)
• Municipal Retirees Organization of Ontario (not available)
• Canadian Union of Public Employees – Ontario (not available)
• Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation
• Pensioners of Slater Steel (not yet available)

November 14, 2007 - Toronto

• Canadian Union of Public Employees (not available)
• Watson Wyatt
• Aon
• Ontario Public Sector Employees Union – Local 552 (not available)
• Ontario Pension Board
• Toronto Transit Commission Pension Fund Society - presentation TTC PFS - submission
• Mercer
• Association of Municipalities of Ontario

November 15, 2007 - Windsor

• College and University Retirees Association of Canada and University of Windsor Retirees Association (not yet available)
• Ontario College Retirees Association - preliminary submission OCRA - supplementary submission
• CAW - Local 444 (not yet available)
• CAW Regional Retirement Council (not yet available)