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  1. Responding to critics of 'retirement income' and 'CPP' studies

    Since 2013, the Fraser Institute has published a number of studies examining aspects of the state of retirement income in Canada, including reforms to the Old Age Security, the true state of retirement income adequacy, the total costs ...

  2. Comparing the Costs of the Canada Pension Plan with Public Pension Plans in Ontario

    Proponents of the CPP and those who argue for its expansion often claim it has low costs and economies of scale, whereby the ratio of costs to assets declines as the value of assets under management grows. This paper examines that claim by comparing the ...

  3. Accounting for the True Cost of the Canada Pension Plan

    The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board reported its operating expenses as $490 million in fiscal 2012–13, or 0.28% of its assets, up from 0.11% six years earlier, touting this as a measure of its efficiency and low costs. However, this definition of ...

  4. Once all the costs are counted, the Canada Pension Plan isn't a model of efficiency

    Appeared in the Financial Post In the recent debate over an expanded Canada Pension Plan (CPP), its low cost was offered as one of the main benefits for larger government-managed pensions. The Ontario government, introducing its own version of the CPP, ...