Alberta’s finance and treasury board warned against releasing the official results from a government survey evaluating the interest in a new potential pension plan, according to a report by the Edmonton Journal.
The survey, launched on Sept. 21, 2023, coincided with the release of a report by LifeWorks Inc. (now part of Telus Health) that argued the province could be entitled to 53 per cent of the Canada Pension Plan’s assets. The exact figure was disputed by different researchers and officials following the initial report.
“The ministry may be impacted upon the release of this records’ package,” said a government statement cited in the Journal’s report. “The applicant may further release the information into the public domain.”
The Alberta government is waiting for the results of an official calculation by the chief actuary of Canada to measure how much it would be entitled from the CPP.
The Journal’s report noted that more than 94,000 Albertans completed the online survey, which asked their opinions on the province’s possible exit from the CPP in favour of a new provincial plan.
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