Tom Reid

Pension innovation

Pension reform in Canada took an important step forward in June. The outcome of the finance ministers’ meeting in Charlottetown that month is a clear direction on how to modernize the retirement savings system and help working Canadians save more. Media headlines focused on the majority agreement among ministers to study the viability of a […]

  • September 2, 2010 September 13, 2019
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The Great Recession

Employers can turn to financial advice, portable voluntary benefits and transition services to help employees survive today’s economic conditions. The downturn in Canada is less severe than in the United States, but it’s clear that this is a momentous event. Predictions of a third-quarter recovery here represent the height of optimism, and there is little […]

  • March 1, 2009 September 13, 2019
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