Letters to The Vancouver Sun: Instead of reducing CPP premium, Carney should have increased benefit for future retirees

For decades. there was an assumption that the Canada Pension Plan would act as an adjunct to workplace pension plans. If you weren’t fortunate to have a union in your workplace, you were unlikely to have a pension plan and you relied largely on meagre CPP and OAS benefits for your retirement. For a decade, the Canadian Labour Congress pressed the federal government to double the Canada Pension Plan from 25 per cent to 50 per cent of earnings after a lifetime of work. Read More