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As noted previously on this blog, pension regulators have been working towards increasing guidance for pension plan administrators in relation to protecting pension plan information and records.

On March 26, 2024, the Ontario government published their 2024 Budget, in which it was announced that draft regulations to Ontario's Pension Benefits Act (PBA)...

In British Columbia (Superintendent of Pensions) v Western Forest Products Inc ((2006) Carswell BC 1536 (BCSC)) the superintendent of pensions applied to the court for an order compelling the debtor to comply with the reporting provisions of the provincial pensions legislation.

In the recent decision of Alberta Motor Association v. Gladden, 2017 ABQB 174, the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench clarified the limits to which employer-sponsored pension benefits...

There are other ways to restructure your defined benefit plan to decrease future costs that are typically less drastic than the conversion to defined contribution or plan wind-up options.

In a recent decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal (the Court) upheld a motion judge’s interpretation of the plain meaning of the pension documents and denied a former employee’s claim to an unreduced pension at 62.

On June 21, 2011, in Canadian Jewish Congress v. Polger, the Court of Appeal of Québec overturned a decision of the Superior Court that had ordered an employer to pay pension benefits based only on an alleged practice and without proper written documentation to that effect.

As we reported last year, regulated utilities in Ontario can expect changes to the reporting and recoverability in rates of their pension costs.

If you've used GPS, you've probably driven down roads you wouldn't have chosen and through towns you've never heard of.

This decision considers the obligations of a company acting as both employer and pension administrator where the company becomes insolvent. Indalex Limited ("Indalex") obtained protection from creditors under the "Companies' Creditors Arrangements Act" ("CCAA").

One of the issues that we did not have the space to deal with in our earlier Flash of April 11, 2011 on the Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Re Indalex Limited, 2011 ONCA 265, was the expansive impact that the decision may well have on corporate group insolvencies — and especially ones that are cross-border in nature.

In British Columbia (Superintendent of Pensions) v Western Forest Products Inc ((2006) Carswell BC 1536 (BCSC)) the superintendent of pensions applied to the court for an order compelling the debtor to comply with the reporting provisions of the provincial pensions legislation.

One of the burning issues is whether a statutory "best interests" standard should apply.

On Friday evening, 29 May, the Chancellor outlined the planned changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

The federal and Ontario pension regulators are adjusting their policies by addressing plan administration issues arising from the COVID-19 crisis.

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) has released new guidance for pension sector stakeholders and plan members during the COVID-19 pandemic, which adds to previous guidance from FSRA ...

On October 20, 2020, the Ontario Government introduced Bill 218, Supporting Ontario's Recovery Act, 2020.

Last week, Premier Doug Ford stated that "the reality is, despite our best efforts, we're dealing with a wildfire at our long-term care homes right now".