The underfunding the QPP saw during its early years offers lessons for the upcoming Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP)—as well as for a potentially expanded version of the CPP, argues a new C.D. Howe Institute report. Read: Businesses scared of ORPP’s economic impact The report says federal and Ontario lawmakers should avoid the inter-generational inequity […]
When Minister of Finance Joe Oliver announced in May that the federal government would consider allowing voluntary contributions to CPP, the financial community was caught by surprise. After all, his predecessor, Jim Flaherty, had publicly stated that the government looked into a voluntary CPP proposal in 2010 but declared it unworkable.
In May, the Conservative government said it will look into allowing Canadians to voluntarily put more of their earnings into the Canada Pension Plan. Announced just before the 2015 federal election, this idea strikes some as merely a marketing campaign. Industry practitioners say even if it comes to pass—and that’s a big if, because it […]
The last bastion of DB plans—the public sector—is under attack, but there’s still life in the DB model
Here's a look at the people on the move in May 2015.
There are two reports that contradict one another about whether or not Canadians will be able to retire comfortably.
In the quest for yield, some pension funds are buying riskier insurance products
The Conservative government is expected to court the support of older Canadians in next week's federal budget with a number of measures aimed at demonstrating that they're making seniors a priority.
Here's a review of people on the move in March 2015.
OPTrust is in favour of the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP).