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November 7, 2017

Ottawa should raise contribution limits for savers in RRSPs and defined-contribution plans, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In Rethinking Limits on Tax-Deferred Retirement Savings in Canada, author William Robson finds current limits are outdated, unfair, and put savers in RRSPs and defined-contribution plans at a major disadvantage.

William Robson

Bill Robson took office as CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute in July 2006, after serving as the Institute’s Senior Vice President since 2003 and Director of Research from 2000 to 2003. He has written more than 270 monographs, articles, chapters and books on such subjects as government budgets, pensions, healthcare financing, inflation and currency issues.