Canadians are more confident the Canada Pension Plan will be there for them when they retire than they did a decade ago as a result of reforms taken a decade ago, said the Right Honourable Paul Martin on Monday. Speaking in Toronto at the C.D. Howe Institute’s policy conference, The Canada Pension Plan Reforms Ten […]
One of the more interesting parts of the federal budget put out by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty in May was the proposal that budget surpluses should be used to help top-off the coffers of the Canada Pension Plan(CPP). But with any proposal out of Ottawa, there are differing opinions on what it could mean for […]
© Copyright 2006 Rogers Publishing Ltd. The following article first appeared in the January 2006 edition of BENEFITS CANADA magazine. Treading lightly Before launching headfirst into the global market, Canadian investors need to look at how changes in asset allocation will affect their liabilities. Moving towards non-traditional solutions needs to be weighed carefully. By […]
What worries aging Canadians as they prepare for long-term care?
As the country’s finance ministers prepare to consider options for a modest expansion of the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans, a new study makes the case that unless policy-makers are willing to think outside the box, these reforms will be of little help to the next wave of retirees.
If the federal and provincial governments decide to increase mandatory contributions to the Canada Pension Plan, Canadians may, in turn, reduce voluntary contributions to RRSPs, according to a study.
Last night the federal government accounted it was raising the eligibility age for Old Age Security (OAS) from 65 to 67. But Canada’s not the first country—or the last—to do so.
The joint federal-provincial pension reform process is moving too slowly and should include a national forum of regulators and stakeholders, according to a study released Thursday from the C.D. Howe Institute in Toronto. In Seeking Certainty in Uncertain Times: A Review of Recent Government-sponsored Studies, authors Bob Baldwin and Brian Fitzgerald review the findings of […]