retirement income

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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.


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Canadians may be forced to contribute up to an extra $3,250 more to the CPP each year.


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Lack of a workplace pension does not doom someone to a financially insecure retirement.


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In 2014, these non-pension assets totalled $9.5 trillion, dwarfing the $3.3 trillion assets in the formal pension system.


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A two dollar increase in CPP income could result in a one dollar reduction in GIS benefits.


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Accounting for non-pension assets in projections of future retirement income makes a difference.


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This sea change in labour-force behaviour of older workers was completely unanticipated by research into pension adequacy.


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A higher CPP benefit could trigger a reduction in federal (and provincial) government benefits targeted at low-income seniors.


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Finance Minister Bill Morneau will soon meet with his provincial counterparts to discuss CPP expansion, which could include increased mandatory contributions.