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ARTICLE · 16 JULY 2010

Federal Pension Reform Initiatives Now Law

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Bill C-9, the Jobs and Economic Growth Act, (the Bill) was passed by the Senate and received Royal Assent on July 12, 2010.

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Originally published in Blakes Bulletin on Pension & Employee Benefits, July 2010

Bill C-9, the Jobs and Economic Growth Act, (the Bill) was passed by the Senate and received Royal Assent on July 12, 2010. The Bill, which was initially introduced in the House of Commons on March 29, 2010, implements many of the significant pension reform initiatives previously announced by the Minister of Finance on October 27, 2009, as well as previously announced changes to the application of the goods and services tax (GST) to pension plan expenditures.

The Bill includes a number of significant amendments to the Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985 (Canada) (PBSA) that will be of primary interest to the sponsors and administrators of federally registered pension plans. The Bill, however, also contains several changes to the Income Tax Act (Canada) (ITA) and the Excise Tax Act (Canada) (ETA) that will be of interest to all plan

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