Robert Brown: Low-income workers may lose from expanded Canada Pension Plan
It was as recently as June 20, 2016, that the federal and provincial finance ministers agreed to expand the Canada Pension Plan. This is such a recent event, in government terms, that many of the details of benefit entitlements, costs and investment criteria are still unknown.
But it has been long enough for those who are deep thinkers on matters of social security to have had time to delve into the macro proposals and issue some serious concerns. The key caution: who really benefits? Turns out,
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