Government benefits

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Economic Indicators

CPP fund to grow by $191B over next decade

The existing CPP is on sustainable financial footing at its current contribution rate and its assets are projected to grow from $285 at the end of 2015 to $476 billion by 2025

September 28, 2016

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CPP expansion won’t help vulnerable seniors: study Fallback Image Decorative pattern

Planning and Advice

CPP expansion won’t help vulnerable seniors: study

Enhancements to the national pension may not be beneficial to the poorest seniors.

By Michael Chen, Benefits Canada |June 2, 2016

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Industry

Ottawa may soon help transgendered clients

Your transgender clients may soon have an easier time changing their social insurance number information to reflect their gender identities.

By Staff, with files from The Canadian Press |May 18, 2016

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Is ORPP a “monster” or an incentive for better pensions? Fallback Image Decorative pattern

Economic Indicators

Is ORPP a “monster” or an incentive for better pensions?

As Ontario inches closer to launching its mandatory pension program, the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, the pension industry remains polarized about the plan’s impact on employers and employees and its fate in the event of an expansion of the Canada Pension Plan.

By Yaldaz Sadakova, Benefits Canada |April 8, 2016

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