CPP

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The rate of return Canadians—especially younger workers—will receive on their CPP contributions is meagre and will remain so even after expansion.


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Canadians born in 1971 or after can now expect to receive a meagre rate of return from their CPP contributions of between 2.3 per cent and 2.5 per cent (depending on their specific year of birth).


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The returns of the CPP's investment arm in no way influence the CPP retirement benefits received by Canadian workers.


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The rate of return under the current CPP system is 2.1 per cent for Canadians born after 1971.


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A narrow focus on pension assets overlooks non-pension assets such as stocks, bonds, real estate and other investments.


4:20PM
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The latest tax increase is the payroll tax hike that will be used to finance CPP expansion.


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The CPP tax increase is just one of many tax increases imposed by the new federal government on middle-income Canadians.


10:53AM
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Proposed changes could result in thousands of dollars in extra contributions from working Canadians every year.


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On Monday, Canada’s finance ministers announced an “agreement in principle” to expand the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), which will force Canadians to contribute more to the program.