public sector pension plans – Benefits Canada.com https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:41:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Canadian public sector pension plans contribute $82BN to economy: report https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/pensions/defined-benefit-pensions/canadian-public-sector-pension-plans-contribute-82bn-to-economy-report/ Fri, 05 Nov 2021 19:00:13 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=110917 The economic activity from the operations of Canada’s public sector pension plans, as well as retirees spending their income from those plans, supports 877,100 jobs and 55,500 businesses, with $33.1 billion in annual wages and $21.4 billion in tax revenue, according to a new report. The report, released by the Canadian Centre for Economic Analysis and […]

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]]> Pension membership on the rise in Canada: StatsCan https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/pension-membership-increasing-in-canada-statscan/ Wed, 07 Jul 2021 19:00:37 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=103557 More than 125,000 Canadians became active members in a registered pension plan in 2019, according to a new report by Statistics Canada. It found the number of active members was up two per cent from 2018 to just over 6.5 million. Women accounted for more than three-quarters of the increase in new memberships — up 97,500 from 2018 to 3.3 million — while about 28,000 more men joined […]

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]]> Alberta’s public-sector pension plans reassuring members amid worry over ministerial order https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/albertas-public-sector-pension-plans-reassuring-members-amid-worry-over-ministerial-order/ Thu, 21 Jan 2021 05:46:52 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/albertas-public-sector-pension-plans-reassuring-members-amid-worry-over-ministerial-order/ Alberta’s public-sector pension plans are reassuring members that their pensions are safe, following a recent ministerial order enacted by the provincial government. The order was enacted in late December by Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews after 2020 deadlines for investment management agreements between the pensions and the Alberta Investment Management Corp. passed with no result. […]

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]]> Emptying the Pension Pot of Gold https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/scot-blythe/emptying-the-pension-pot-of-gold/ Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:59:47 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/emptying-the-pension-pot-of-gold/ Ireland taps retirement benefits to deal with debt.

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