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On November 14, 2022, the Ontario government released the 2022 Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review – Ontario's Plan to Build: A Progress Update.

The Ontario Government has made two major announcements in the last two months regarding the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan.

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently ruled that retiree benefits may be changed even after an employee retires.

The Ontario Government has made two major announcements in the last two months regarding the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan ("ORPP")...

You need to be aware of the potential risks of not regularly reviewing your pension plan governance structure.

On October 31, 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada issued its decision in Threlfall v Carleton University, 2019 SCC 50, dismissing an appeal from the Quebec Court of Appeal.

On July 22, 2014 the Government of Alberta approved the much anticipated regulations (the "Regulations") to accompany the new Employment Pension Plans Act (the "New Act"). The New Act, together with the Regulations, will come into force on September 1, 2014.

The Quebec government introduced Bill 3 – An Act to Foster the Financial Health and Sustainability of Municipal Defined Benefit Pension Plans in Quebec.

More often than not, a resignation letter from a valued employee will be as welcomed by employers and human resources professionals alike as a skunk at a company picnic.

As more post-retirement cases actually go to trial, we are starting to get a sense of what factors judges consider relevant in determining whether an employer will be permitted to reduce or eliminate post-retirement benefits.

Any person who is the "spouse" of a member of a registered pension plan in Canada has rights regarding the pension entitlement of his or her partner.

On April 9, 2018, Fleetwood Mac, citing no cause, confirmed the rumours that Mr. Buckingham would not be joining the band on its 50+ date North American farewell tour.

Combining and seperating two lives is complicated. We always hope that a relationship will be forever and ever, but sometimes that is not the case.

On March 14, 1957, the Honourable Walter Harris, Minister of Finance under the Liberal government of Louis St. Laurent, delivered a landmark budget speech to Canada's House of Commons..

More than 17 million Canadians are single as of the 2016 census—an all-time high.

Canadian insolvency statutes accord super priority to certain liabilities in insolvency proceedings, bumping them above the interests of secured creditors. Pension entitlements and benefits...

In the midst of the ongoing restructurings of Nortel and AbitibiBowater, New Democrat Member of Parliament John Rafferty (Thunder Bay – Rainy River) introduced a bill to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (the "BIA") and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (the "CCAA") with the goal of better protecting employees’ interests in the context of formal insolvency proceedings.

More than 6 months have passed since the onset of the economic turmoil resulting in funding difficulty for plan sponsors of defined benefit pension plans.