Alberta's Opposition NDP is moving ahead with town hall consultations next week on the government's proposal to have the province quit the Canada Pension Plan.
Alberta’s Opposition NDP is moving ahead with townhall consultations next week on the government’s proposal to have the province quit the Canada Pension Plan. Leader of the Alberta NDP Rachel Notley gives her concession speech in the provincial election, in Edmonton, Monday, May 29, 2023.Alberta’s Opposition NDP is moving ahead with town hall consultations next week on the government’s proposal to have the province quit the Canada Pension Plan.
NDP Leader Rachel Notley says more than 23,000 Albertans have already responded to her party’s survey, with more than 90 per cent rejecting the idea of ditching the CPP. Premier Danielle Smith announced in September that virtual town hall consultations on leaving the fund would be held this fall by a panel headed up by former Alberta finance minister Jim Dinning.But it but has launched a $7.5-million advertising campaign and an online survey to highlight a recent third-party report that estimates an Alberta pension plan could deliver higher benefits and lower costs.
Notley says Smith’s government is not being honest with Albertans, as the third-party report is predicated on Alberta getting more than half of all CPP assets despite having 12 per cent of the population.RCMP launches investigation into Ontario’s Greenbelt land swap
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