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1. Canadians will receive meagre rate of return on CPP contributions

   Appeared in the Financial Post, April 4, 2018 Misperceptions plague the public’s view of the Canada Pension Plan (or CPP). Mark Machin, CEO of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB)—the organization tasked with investing CPP contributions ...

2. Call a spade a spade—CPP payroll tax is a tax

   Our recent study found that virtually all Canadian families with children will soon pay higher taxes due to federal income tax changes already in place and forthcoming increases to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) payroll tax. If the ...

3. Reality undercuts Trudeau government’s tax-cutting claim

   There’s no doubt that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is being asked some tough questions on his current cross-country town hall tour. But a recent study on taxation raises yet another critical question for the prime minister. For a ...

4. The Effect on Canadian Families of Changes to Federal Income Tax and CPP Payroll Tax

   Since coming into office, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has repeatedly claimed to have reduced taxes for middle class Canadian families—a claim based solely on the federal government’s reduction to the second lowest personal income ...

5. Business investment down, taxes up—bad news for Canadians

   With less than three months left in 2017, despite recent headlines espousing positive economic news, Canada’s economy faces many near and long-term challenges that the Trudeau government must consider as it crafts its fiscal update (due ...

6. Higher taxes on the middle class—another broken election promise from the Trudeau Liberals

   Appeared in the Globe and Mail, February 13, 2017 When a government breaks an election promise it usually attracts a fair bit of controversy. Witness the hubbub in the aftermath of the Trudeau Liberals abandoning electoral reform. With the federal budget ...

7. Expanding the CPP—unnecessary and counterproductive

   Appeared in the Vancouver Province, November 10, 2016 In a recent op-ed in The Province, respected actuary Robert Brown responded to our criticism of the federal government’s case for expanding the Canada Pension Plan. While we’re pleased Mr. Brown has ...

8. Return on CPP contributions still meagre after expansion

   Appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, July 22, 2016 The expansion of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), announced in June by Canada’s federal and provincial finance ministers, has sparked important questions about what the changes will mean for ...

9. CPP expansion will do little to boost rate of return, particularly for younger Canadians

   Last month Canada’s federal and provincial finance ministers announced an expansion of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). Some have tried to justify expansion by claiming that the CPP provides a high rate of return for retired Canadians. ...

10. Rates of return for expanded CPP remain meagre

    Last month, Canada’s finance ministers announced an “agreement in principle” to expand the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), which will require workers to pay more into the program starting in 2019 in exchange for higher CPP retirement benefits ...