In 2015, the federal government scrapped plans to increase the age of eligibility for OAS and GIS.
retirement income
March 9, 2022
9:36AM
February 15, 2022
1:00AM
January 8, 2019
9:32AM
The bulk of current contributions fund the benefits to current retirees.
January 17, 2018
1:05PM
The program is designed so Canadians who die early in life subsidize those who live longer.
November 14, 2016
3:37PM
The evidence does not support claims of a widespread retirement savings problem in Canada.
October 13, 2016
10:06AM
CPP expansion will mean several thousands of dollars more in annual contributions from working Canadians.
July 25, 2016
12:33PM
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).
July 15, 2016
10:17AM
Most Canadians are adequately prepared for retirement, making CPP expansion largely unnecessary.
July 13, 2016
12:36PM
A narrow focus on pension assets overlooks non-pension assets such as stocks, bonds, real estate and other investments.
July 7, 2016
11:21AM
In 2014, savings in non-pension assets totalled $9.5 trillion, dwarfing the $3.3 trillion assets in the formal pension system.