Federal Bill C-228 (the Bill), new legislation intended to improve the protection of, and to extend the super-priority given to claims relating to, defined benefit pension plans in insolvency proceedings, completed third...more
In November of last year, as part of its 2015 Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review, the Ontario government announced its plans to review the current solvency funding rules for defined benefit (DB) pension plans. The expedited...more
On February 16, 2016, the Ontario Finance Minister announced a one-year delay in the launch of the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP), in order to allow time for the federal government and the provinces to discuss...more
Beginning in 2017, the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) will be phased in over a period of four years and will require eligible Ontario employees without a comparable workplace pension plan to be covered by the ORPP. ...more