About the C.D. Howe Institute Pension Papers Program
The C.D. Howe Institute launched the Pension Papers in May 2007 to address key challenges facing Canada’s system of retirement saving, assess current developments, identify regulatory strengths and shortfalls, and make recommendations to ensure the integrity of pension earnings for the growing number of Canadians approaching retirement. The Institute gratefully acknowledges the participation of the advisory panel for the program:
| Advisory Panel: C.D. Howe Institute Pension Papers Program |
| Co-chairs: |
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Claude Lamoureux
Former President & CEO of the
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan |
Nick Le Pan
Former Superintendent of Financial
Institutions, Canada |
| Members: |
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Keith Ambachtsheer
International Centre for Pension Management |
Michael Nobrega
Ontario Municipal Employees’
Retirement System |
| Bob Baldwin |
Ellen Nygaard
Alberta Finance and Enterprise |
Leo de Bever
Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) |
Jim Pesando
University of Toronto |
| Steve Bonnar |
John Por
Cortex Applied Research |
Elizabeth Brown
Hicks Morley Hamilton
Stewart Storie LLP |
Tom Reid
Sun Life Financial Inc. |
Peter Drake
Fidelity Investments |
Jeremy Rudin
Department of Finance |
Brian FitzGerald
Capital G Consulting Inc. |
Tammy Schirle
Wilfrid Laurier University |
Bruce Gordon
Manulife Financial Canada |
Jack Selody
Bank of Canada |
Malcolm Hamilton
Mercer Human Resource
Consulting Limited |
Terri Troy
Pension Investment Association |
Bryan Hocking/Scott Perkin
Association of Canadian
Pension Management |
Fred Vettese
Morneau Sobeco |
Steven James
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board |
François Weldon
Human Resources & Social Development Canada |
Bill Kyle
The Great-West Life Assurance Company |
Barbara Zvan
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan |
Ian Markham
Director Pension Innovation
Towers Watson |
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The Pension Papers Program Publications
Robson, William B.P. Cutting Through Pension Complexity: Easy Steps Forward for the 2010 Federal Budget. C.D. Howe Backgrounder 126 (February 2010).
Laurin, Alexandre, and Finn Poschmann. Saver's Choice: Comparing the Marginal Effective Tax Burdens on RRSPs and TFSAs. C.D. Howe e-brief 91 (January 2010).
Ambachtsheer, Keith. Pension Reform: How Canada Can Lead the World. C.D. Howe Benefactors Lecture (November 2009).
Van Riesen, Gretchen. The Pension Tangle: Achieving Greater Uniformity of Pension Legislation and Regulation in Canada. C.D. Howe Commentary 294 (August 2009).
Laurin, Alexandre. Débâcle à la Caisse : Que faire avec le Régime de rentes du Québec?. C.D. Howe e-brief (April 2009).
Puri, Poonam. A Matter of Voice: The Case for Abolishing the 30 percent Rule for Pension Fund Investments. C.D. Howe Commentary (February 2009).
Pierlot, James. A Pension in Every Pot: Better Pensions for More Canadians. C.D. Howe Commentary (November 2008).
Kamstra, Mark and Robert J. Shiller. The Case for Trills: Giving Canadians and their Pension Funds a Stake in the Wealth of the Nation. C.D. Howe Commentary (August 2008).
Robson, William. A Better Riff on Retirement: The Case for Lower Minimum Withdrawals from Registered Retirement Income Funds. C.D. Howe e-brief (July 2008).
Pesando, James E. Risky Assumptions: A Closer Look at the Bearing of Investment Risk in Defined-Benefit Pension Plans. C.D. Howe Commentary 266 (June 2008).
Ambachtsheer, Keith. The Canada Supplementary Pension Plan (CSPP): Towards an Adequate, Affordable Pension for All Canadians. C.D. Howe Commentary 265 (May 2008).
Ambachtsheer, Keith. Le régime supplémentaire de retraite du Canada (RSRC) Vers un régime de retraite adéquat et abordable pour tous les Canadiens. C.D. Howe Commentaire 265 (Mai 2008).
Schirle, Tammy. Greener Pastures: Understanding the Impact of Retirement Incentives Understanding the Impact of Retirement Incentives. C.D. Howe Commentary 262 (May 2008).
Banerjee, Robin and William Robson. Lifting the Lid on Pension Funding: Why Income-Tax-Act Limits on Contributions Should Rise. C.D. Howe e-brief (April 2008).
Robson, William. Safe Harbours: Providing Protection for Canada’s Money-Purchase Plan Sponsors.
C.D. Howe Backgrounder 110 (January 2008).
Laidler, David and William B. P. Robson. Ill-Defined Benefits: The Uncertain Present and Brighter Future of Employee Pensions in Canada. C.D. Howe Commentary 250 (June 2007).
The Pension Papers Program Events
For presentation on the Canada Supplementary Pension Plan by Keith Ambachtsheer, June 11, 2008 at the Rotman International Centre for Pension Management click here.
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Download Pension Conference Speeches (December 2007)
Several major speeches are available from the C.D. Howe Institute Policy Conference on “The Canada Pension Plan Reforms Ten Years After: Lessons and Prospects,” which took place on Monday, December 10, 2007, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto. The overall goal of the conference was to evaluate the C/QPP reforms of the 1990s with the benefit of ten years’ subsequent experience and identify key challenges and approaches to maintaining the plans’ resulting stability.
Former Prime Minister Paul Martin, “Canada Pension Plan Reforms Ten Years after: Lessons and Prospects.” Keynote luncheon address.
Estelle James, “The International Experience with Social Stresses and Reform.”
Pierre Plamondon, “The Experience and Outlook from Quebec.”
Michael Gourley, “Ontario Perspective on the Reform Package: Where the Province and Where it Ended Up.”
Jean-Claude Menard, “The Benefit Picture: Current and Future Pressures.”
Anne Maher, “Social Security fund Investment Returns and Governance: Lessons from Abroad.” |
