The Office of the Chief Actuary is commissioning an external peer review of its next actuarial report on the Canada Pension Plan, expected to be released in December 2013.
Increasing Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) benefits would hurt the economy, according to a report by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB).
McCaughey surprises with comments about Canada's retirement challenges.
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) saw its assets grow in its fiscal third quarter, backed by strong returns from global equity markets. For the quarter ending Dec. 31, 2012, the fund posted net assets of $172.6 billion, compared with $170.1 billion at the end of the previous quarter. The portfolio had a gross […]
The drive to enrich Canada's main public pension plan took a major step forward Monday with an agreement by federal and provincial ministers to look to ways of enriching the plan once the economy improves.
In Canada, there has been a lot of talk about the current public retirement system and how it should be improved. But how does Canada’s program shape up against others?
Panel question its value for working Canadians.
An NDP government would reverse changes to Old Age Security (OAS) by restoring the retirement age to 65 instead of 67, New Democrat Leader Thomas Mulcair said Friday. Speaking at a town hall meeting sponsored by the seniors’ organization CARP, Mulcair said the NDP would kill the changes within its first year of forming a […]
It seems the idea of expanding the Canada Pension Plan doesn’t die easily. The NDP hasn’t let it go, nor has the Ontario government who, with their March 27 budget, reiterated their preference for a “modest, phased-in expansion of CPP” over pooled registered pension plans (PRPPs).
Reforms being considered to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP)—which would impose higher penalties for opting to begin collecting CPP before age 65 and greater rewards for delaying take-up until after 65, were meant to ensure that people do not have a strong financial incentive to retire early—according to a report from the C.D. Howe Institute.