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This Pension Alert contains information relevant to a pension plan registered in Ontario which has a defined benefit component.

The Supreme Court of Canada overturned the Ontario Court of Appeal today in what is one of the most highly-anticipated cases for the pension and insolvency bars pending before the courts.

Ontario has announced a one year delay in implementing the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) for certain employers with 500 or more Ontario employees.

The Ontario government announced today that it will introduce legislation next Spring to provide temporary solvency funding relief to pension plans, primarily through an extension of the solvency amortization period from five to 10 years with member or union consent.

On April 4, 2022, in Extendicare Lynde Creek Retirement Residence and United Food & Commercial Workers Canada, Local 175, Arbitrator Stephen Raymond upheld a retirement home's mandatory vaccination...

Pension plan sponsors and administrators need to change plan administration and update plan texts and other plan documents due to this legislative change.

Before much of Bill 47 even had time to take effect, the Ontario Government has taken additional steps to further revamp Ontario's workplace laws.

Even though many decide that December is the time to focus on holiday festivities and other matters, Ontario legislators have been busy in early December on various initiatives, including new pension legislation.

As mentioned in our May 2017 Blakes Alert: Ontario Government Announces New Funding Framework for Defined Benefit Pension Plans, the Ontario government had promised that transitional measures...

Osler made a submission to the Ontario Ministry of Finance in response to its draft regulations regarding grow-in benefits and the Superintendent's authority to order a pension plan wind up.

Last week the Supreme Court of Canada delivered a ruling to clarify what has been an unsettled issue in employment law.

Private equity funds often seek Canadian pension plans as investors. Canadian pension funds, including those that are too small to invest more directly in private assets...

On October 15, 2014, the Nova Scotia government introduced legislation that will, if passed into law, permit Pooled Registered Retirement Pension Plans in NS.

On March 1, 2011, the Canadian Association of Pension Supervisory Authorities (CAPSA) released the final version of Guideline No. 5 – Guideline on Fund Holder Arrangements.

Legislative and regulatory initiatives are reshaping the landscape for pension plans and employee benefits across Canada. In-house counsel and plan administrators should prepare for significant updates...

Bill C-25, an Act relating to Pooled Registered Pension Plans (PRPP) (Bill C25) passed first reading in the federal House of Commons on December 1, 2011.

Back in 2009, the Quebec government adopted measures to alleviate the effects of the 2008 financial crisis on the funding of defined benefit (DB) plans.