The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador says retirees that belong to the Public Service Pension Plan and Teachers’ Pension Plan will not be affected as…
Public sector retirees in New Brunswick are meeting this week and next to discuss the province’s decision to implement a shared-risk pension plan.
The Government of Alberta has proposed a number of changes to public sector pensions such as no benefit improvements until 2021 and a reduction in…
Canada’s pension system receives a lot of criticism, but things here are better than they are south of the border. The Canadian system—as well as…
Ari Kaplan wrote the book on pension law. Literally. His book, Pension Law, was first published in 2006, and a second edition, co-authored with Mitch…
After five years of piecemeal changes, Ontario’s pension system now requires substantial reform in order to resolve serious issues such as the scarcity of workplace…
In my last article, I alluded to the story of the mythological princess Cassandra. Ontario’s new rules governing target benefit plans (TBPs) remind me of…
The head of the Ordre des CPA du Québec told the province’s Committee on Public Finance can’t continue ignoring the flaws in the current retirement…
Quebec’s special consultation into the D’Amours report on pension reform has revealed fading support for a number of its key proposals.
The main solutions to Quebec’s chronically underfunded pension system are raising the retirement age and introducing a risk-sharing pension model like the one used in…
With its aging population and growing longevity, Canada needs to overhaul its public and private pension systems in order to secure the future of new…
A federal court in the United States has turned down an appeal by former executives at General Motors over cuts to their pension.
The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) is seeking pension trustee candidates for the OPSEU Pension Trust. The appointments are effective October 1, and applications…
Sometimes the easiest questions to ask are the most difficult ones to answer. Here’s the easy question to ask: where do we begin the next…
At last week’s Council of the Federation meeting, Canada’s premiers discussed the retirement income system and the importance of continued efforts to ensure future seniors…
The Canadian Labour Congress says it’s time for the provincial and territorial premiers to ask the federal government to expand the Canada Pension Plan.
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business has sent a letter to all provincial and territorial premiers, telling them that their members can’t afford Canada/Quebec Pension…
The United Kingdom Supreme Court says that Nortel and Lehman Brothers pension plan members should be treated the same as other unsecured creditors of the…
Many pension plans in the United Kingdom feel dissatisfied their investment consultants and current governance structure, according to a 2013 SEI report.
San Jose is defending itself in court this week over its proposed pension reforms.
Two of Detroit’s pension funds, the General Retirement System and the Fire Retirement System, are disappointed by the city’s bankruptcy filing, which is the largest…
Two Detroit pension funds have filed a suit against the city’s emergency manager and the governor of Michigan to try to prevent Detroit from filing…
The cloud of complex new GST/HST rules affecting pension plans that came into effect in 2010 has a significant silver lining for many pension plan…
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…
The Government of Quebec has released a draft regulation concerning new relief measures for the funding of solvency deficiencies for private sector pension plans, according…