Category Archives: About Pensions

Debt levels in Canada post a risk – ARIA post

(May 16, 2013) It’s goes without saying that at a time when the household debt to income ratio is at a record 165 per cent, … … Read More

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Real estate becoming a mainstream asset for pension funds – ARIA post

(May 16, 2013) Canadian pension funds are able, thanks to their scale and professional investment management, to invest in things that the average retirement saver … … Read More

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MROO debunks “myths” about public sector DB plans – ARIA post

(May 16, 2013) In an opinion piece published in Benefits Canada, the president of Municipal Retirees Organization Ontario takes issue with charges “by those in … … Read More

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Green Party supports CPP, questions effectiveness of RRSPs – ARIA post

(May 15, 2013) Writing in her Hill Times blog, reprinted on the Rabble.ca website, Green Party leader Elizabeth May notes that today’s Canadian seniors have … … Read More

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Winnipeg authors offer a way to get out of debt – ARIA post

(May 15, 2013) Many Canadians who want to save more for their retirement – often because of a lack of a good pension plan at … … Read More

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Ron Mock to succeed Jim Leech as Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan CEO – ARIA post

(May 15, 2013) The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has announced that Ron Mock will become president and CEO of OTPP effective Jan. 1, 2014, reports … … Read More

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Does Canada need a “minister for poverty reduction?” – ARIA post

(May 14, 2013) While today’s seniors – many of whom received defined benefit pensions – are generally coping well in retirement, many observers fear that … … Read More

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Graduates need to plan for debt – ARIA post

(May 14, 2013) Article after article urges Canadians to start saving for retirement while they are young.
Yet, according to a story by Gail Johnson … … Read More

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World’s workers aren’t prepared for retirement – ARIA post

(May 14, 2013) A study by the non-profit Transamerica Centre for Retirement Studies and Aegon “shows a lack of retirement preparedness among workers” around the … … Read More

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CEP president calls for Canada Pension Plan expansion – ARIA post

(May 13, 2013) The president of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) – a private sector union – says his union “strongly … … Read More

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