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Ontario is on the verge of implementing new rights for members of registered pension plans.

Welcome to the first post of 2020! In this post, we highlight some of the more significant legislative and regulatory pension developments in Ontario in January 2020 and late 2019.

The Ontario and federal governments announced on February 16, 2016 that they have reached an agreement regarding the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) and improving pensions for Canadians.

The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI or Superintendent) has updated its FAQs for Federally Regulated Private Pension Plans.

Please join our pension and benefits experts, Andrea Boctor and Bruce Pollock, for an in-depth discussion on recent significant court decisions and regulatory changes that will affect plan sponsors in 2012.

On March 25, the Minister of Finance released the latest series of amendments to the Pension Benefits Standards Regulations.

In our most recent posts, we highlighted some of the regulatory relief available to administrators of Ontario registered pension plans and plans registered in jurisdictions other than Ontario as a result of COVID-19.

Welcome to the first A.M. Pension blog post of 2019.

There have been a number of significant legislative and case-law developments in the area of pensions and benefits law in 2018.

On December 15, 2010, Minister Flaherty released a backgrounder entitled "Framework for Pooled Registered Pension Plans" that is expected to be discussed at the December 19-20 meetings of the Ministers of Finance and Treasurers.

The Minister of State (Finance) Kevin Sorenson today proposed new regulations which will amend the Pension Benefits Standards Regulations, 1985.

Based on growing concern about the adequacy of employment-related retirement planning opportunities and the level of retirement savings among Canadians, in December 2010, the federal Department of Finance released its "Framework for Pooled Registered Pension Plans".

A recent decision of the Superior Court of Québec in "White Birch Paper Holding Company" discusses the possible application of the Ontario Court of Appeal decision "Indalex Limited (Re)" (the Indalex Decision) in defined benefit (DB) pension plans registered in Quebec.

After finding that an erroneous amendment to its pension plan had the unintended effect of increasing benefits payable under the plan to deferred vested members who elected to retire before their normal retirement date, Amcor Packaging Canada, Inc. (Amcor) successfully applied to the Ontario Superior Court to have the plan text corrected.

The issues of common law reasonable notice for long serving senior employees and bonus entitlement through that notice period can be thorny ones for employers

In generations past, retirement was a definable event in someone's life - a milestone, fixed in time.

We will also be joined by guest speakers from the FSRA, the Sears Canada Retiree Group and Morneau Shepell, as well as a U.K. trustee from BESTrustees Limited...

On March 7, 2025, the federal government introduced special measures to the Employment Insurance Work-Sharing Program (Program) to provide additional support to businesses and non-profit organizations impacted by the threat or realization of U.S. tariffs.