Will C-36 Undermine CPP “9.9”? Benefit Enhancement and the Sustainability of the Canada Pension Plan

William Robson

No 41, e-briefs from C.D. Howe Institute

Abstract: The Canada Pension Plan, like all pension plans and social-security programs, is under constant tension. On one side are current and hopeful beneficiaries, who typically want richer payouts. On the other are younger actual or potential contributors, who typically want lower or at least sustainable contribution rates. The CPP’s history reflects this tension: the repeated benefit enrichment, rising costs and growing unfunded liabilities that marked the 1970s and 1980s preceded reforms in the 1990s that trimmed benefits, ramped up contributions, and aimed to pre-fund enough of the program to hold its contribution rate at 9.9 percent.

Keywords: governance and public institutions; pension funding (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H11 H55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 3 pages
Date: 2007-03
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