The Ontario Expert Commission on Pensions held a number of public hearings in the fall of 2007 and in this special section we feature all our articles about the commission and the hearings, plus a number of the submissions.

OECP-Related Articles

• 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)