<time datetime="2016-06-16T00:01:00-04:00">June 16, 2016</time>

The spending habits of retirees in Canada and other developed countries demonstrate a strong tendency for personal consumption to decline with advancing age, according to a new report from the C.D…

<time datetime="2016-05-11T00:25:48-04:00">May 11, 2016</time>

A flaw in the design of the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) could unfairly penalize employers as well as the people the plan intends to help, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report.…

<time datetime="2016-05-03T01:10:56-04:00">May 3, 2016</time>

Ottawa’s unfunded liabilities for employee pensions stood at $269 billion at the end of the 2015 fiscal year, far larger than reported, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute study. In “Worse Than…

<time datetime="2015-10-01T16:33:57-04:00">October 1, 2015</time>

The experience of the Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) offers serious lessons for new public pension plan options, in particular the pending Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) and Canada Pension Plan…

<time datetime="2015-05-07T18:07:51-04:00">May 7, 2015</time>

The unfunded liability in the pension plans for federal government employees was $90 billion higher than the reported number in 2013/14, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Ottawa’…

<time datetime="2014-04-09T13:45:37-04:00">April 9, 2014</time>

Ottawa’s unfunded liabilities for employee pension plans rose to $272 billion in 2013, far larger than reported, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute study. In “Ottawa’s Hidden Deficit: The…

Intelligence Memos
From: Travis Toews To: Canada Pension Plan Observers Date: November 23, 2023 Re: In Defence of Alberta’s Pension Report Since the release of the Alberta Pension Plan report,…
Op-Ed
Many commentators, including the prime minister and leader of the opposition, have now weighed in on the downsides of Alberta withdrawing from the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and creating its…
Op-Ed
Since the release of the Alberta Pension Plan report, I’ve read with interest the steady stream of commentary and opinion and, while there have been some thoughtful pieces, much of it has been…