Fair Pensions For All will be appearing before the Finance Committee to discuss the current move by the government to reign in costs at crown corporations. They will be presenting a report called “Bigger Bailouts and Deeper Holes” You can see the presentation live here at 8:45 AM on Thursday May...
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In late November Mark Mullins and Bill were asked to present to the Senate as they were deliberating on Bill C45 and they convened a special session on pensions. You can see the written presentation here in its entirety. Senate Finance Hearings Presentation
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The economic legacy left by the baby-boomers is leading to a battle between the generations Sep 29th 2012 ANOTHER economic mess looms on the horizon—one with a great wrinkled visage. The struggle to digest the swollen generation of ageing baby-boomers threatens to strangle economic growth. As the nature and scale of the problem become...
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OMERS is the pension plan for most city and municipal employees in the Province of Ontario. When major changes were made to the OMERS pension plan, the Act set out that: “Under the OMERS Review Act, 2006 the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing is required to ensure the appointment of a person to...
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Financial Post Oct 29, 2011 This column has long used the term “pension envy” to describe the great divide between the 20% minority of Canadians in cushy public-sector defined-benefit pensions and the rest of us hoping to retire on fluctuating RRSPs or defined-contribution pensions. There were several signs this week that pension envy —...
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This report is from the web site of the Mayor of St John “Pension reform is a complicated matter. It cannot be explained in a single sound bite on the radio or by a comment or two in a newspaper article. I would like to thank City Manager, Patrick Woods and Commission of Finance,...
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CFIB is asking the government to pay attention immediately to Canada’s pension system because it is unfair and unsustainable. Given the overly generous public sector pensions and the continued dwindling of a taxpaying workforce to pay for those pensions, Canadians face a very real crisis. Did you know: Federal public servants pay only 1/3...
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October 6, 2011 Bill was asked to testify before the committee in the sitting of the pre-budget consultations. He reviewed the Fair Pensions for All submission which can be found in the reports section. Click Here for committee minutes
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The Standing Committee on Finance has begun preparations for their fall consultations on the federal budget. Our brief includes an executive summary and three recommendations that reflect our most important federal program spending priority, and indicates the expected federal cost savings of our proposal along with the recommendations for reducing federal spending. Finance Department...
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The OECD periodically researches pensions around the world. They do a broad scan of pensions and identify the emerging trends. This year in light of trends happening in Canada Scott Southward provides us with an analysis of the report and how it integrates with the trends that are happening in Canada. Scott is a...
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