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Ill-Defined Benefits: The Uncertain Present and Brighter Future of Employee Pensions in Canada

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David Laidler (C.D. Howe Institute)
William B.P. Robson (C.D. Howe Institute)

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Abstract

Attempts to shore up the classic single-employer, defined-benefit pension plan are the wrong response to Canada’s occupational pension problems. While tax and regulatory changes can help, Canadians need a new approach to retirement income that will pool risks, control costs, and avoid the agency problems that have put many pension promises at risk.

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Volume (Year): (2007)
Issue (Month): 250 (June)
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Keywords: pensions policy; retirement security;

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G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Pension Funds; Other Private Financial Institutions
J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies
J32 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Private Pensions

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  1. Reid S. Adrian & Yvan Guillemette & William B.P. Robson, 2007. "Missed Targets: Canada's 2007 Fiscal Accountability Ranking," C.D. Howe Institute Backgrounder, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 100, March. [Downloadable!]
  2. Finn Poschmann & William B.P. Robson & Robin Banerjee, 2007. "Fiscal Tonic for an Aging Nation: A Shadow Federal Budget for 2007," C.D. Howe Institute Backgrounder, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 101, February. [Downloadable!]
  3. Douglas Cumming, 2007. "Financing Entrepreneurs Better Canadian Policy for Venture Capital," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 247, April. [Downloadable!]
  4. A. Abigail Payne & Huizi Zhao, 2007. "Uncharitable Treatment? Why Donations to Private and Public Foundations Deserve Equal Tax Status," e-briefs 38, C.D. Howe Institute. [Downloadable!]
  5. Robin Banerjee & William B.P. Robson, 2007. "Give Canadian Workers the Tools to do the Job! Why Canada Needs More Robust Capital Investment," e-briefs 44, C.D. Howe Institute. [Downloadable!]
  6. Fernandez, Pablo, 2006. "Equity premium: Historical, expected, required and implied," IESE Research Papers D/661, IESE Business School. [Downloadable!]
  7. Edward M. Iacobucci & Michael J. Trebilcock & Tracey D. Epps, 2007. "Rerouting the Mail: Why Canada Post is Due for Reform," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 243, February. [Downloadable!]
  8. Stephen A. Hurwitz & Louis J. Marett, 2007. "Financing Canadian Innovation: Why Canada Should End Roadblocks to Foreign Private Equity," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 244, February. [Downloadable!]
  9. Ross Finnie & Alex Usher, 2007. "Room at the Top: Strategies for Increasing the Number of Graduate Students in Canada," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 245, February. [Downloadable!]
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  1. Keith Ambachtsheer, 2008. "The Canada Supplementary Pension Plan (CSPP): Towards an Adequate, Affordable Pension for All Canadians (also available in French)," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 265, May. [Downloadable!]
  2. David Laidler, 2007. "Better Late Than Never: Towards a Systematic Review of Canada's Monetary Policy Regime," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 252, July. [Downloadable!]
  3. Michael Smart, 2007. "Lessons in Harmony: What Experience in the Atlantic Provinces Shows About the Benefits of a Harmonized Sales Tax," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 253, July. [Downloadable!]
  4. James E. Pesando, 2008. "Risky Assumptions: A closer Look at the Bearing of Investment Risk in Defined-Benefit Pension Plans," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 266, June. [Downloadable!]
  5. Robin Banerjee, 2007. "Deals on Wheels: An Analysis of the New Federal Auto Feebate," C.D. Howe Institute Backgrounder, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 108, November. [Downloadable!]
  6. Charles Freedman & Clyde Goodlet, 2007. "Financial Stability: What It Is and Why It Matters," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 256, November. [Downloadable!]
  7. William B.P. Robson, 2007. "Time and Money: The Challenge of Demographic Change and Government Finances in Canada," C.D. Howe Institute Backgrounder, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 109, December. [Downloadable!]
  8. Thorsten V. Koeppl & James MacGee, 2007. "Branching Out: The Urgent Need to Transform Canada’s Financial Landscape and How to Do It," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 251, June. [Downloadable!]
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