Tag: pensions

NEWS ALERT: Fraser Institute denies existence of widely acknowledged pension problems

Published June 16, 2016

Oh hey, guess what? The Fraser Institute doesn't want to improve the Canada Pension Plan.

Is there any issue Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown hasn’t flip-flopped on?

Published March 9, 2016

Who is Patrick Brown? Where do his convictions lie? In what does he believe?

CPP Investment Board to Fraser Institute: you’re wrong about public pension

Published April 13, 2014

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board isn’t mincing words. The crown corporation established in 1997 to invest the funds of the CPP says the Fraser Institute is just plain wrong about the health of the nationally administered pension plan. Or, more specifically, shows a “fundamental lack of understanding regarding the CPP.” The right-wing […]

Do the Conservatives fudge the numbers to sell economic choices?

Published March 31, 2014

When the Harper government announced in December that they had no plans to expand the Canada Pension Plan to tackle retirement insecurity, they justified the decision by explaining the move would kill between 17,000 and 50,000 jobs. Turns out that’s not quite true. Finance Canada documents released under Access to Information, provided to PressProgress […]

10 new Conservative Party policies to worry about

Published November 4, 2013

Now that the dust has settled, here’s a roundup of 10 new policies of the Conservative Party that passed at the party’s weekend convention in Calgary — and why they’re bad for Canada. The party wants the government to: 1. Bring in a less progressive taxation system to cut taxes for the rich and have less tax revenue overall […]

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