In 2014, these non-pension assets totalled $9.5 trillion, dwarfing the $3.3 trillion assets in the formal pension system.
guaranteed income supplement
Juin 17, 2016
12:36PM
A two dollar increase in CPP income could result in a one dollar reduction in GIS benefits.
Juin 13, 2016
3:44PM
This sea change in labour-force behaviour of older workers was completely unanticipated by research into pension adequacy.
Juin 2, 2016
8:57AM
Finance Minister Bill Morneau will soon meet with his provincial counterparts to discuss CPP expansion, which could include increased mandatory contributions.
Juin 2, 2016
1:30AM
Mars 23, 2016
1:45PM
For the most part, the government did not decide to reform or cut low-priority spending or ineffective programs.
Octobre 31, 2013
3:00AM
Some provincial politicians are again trying to make the dubious case that we have a "retirement income crisis" to revive calls for a mandatory expansion to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). While the issue is set to be on the agenda at the annual federal-provincial finance ministers meeting in December, the reality is that the case for expanding CPP is built on shaky assumptions about retirement income inadequ
Novembre 23, 2006
2:00AM
Canadian governments have amassed huge obligations which current tax rates leave unfunded. As a result, young Canadians and future taxpayers are on the hook for the over-promises governments have made in the form of public pensions and medical services. We estimate that the unfunded liabilities of these government programs amount to a $1.6 trillion fiscal hole or $102,168 per Canadian taxpayer.