Smith says Alberta will continue its $7.5-million pension-exit advertising and survey campaign, despite acknowledging the key dollar figure is disputed and likely headed to court.
Provinces are on edge as Alberta continues exploring leaving the Canada Pension Plan. On Wednesday, Ontario's finance minister said urgent action is needed from Ottawa. Morgan Black reports.says Alberta will continue its $7.5-million pension-exit advertising and survey campaign, despite acknowledging the key dollar figure is disputed and likely headed to court.“We’ve asked the federal government to give us their interpretation. They declined,” Smith told reporters in Calgary on Thursday.
“The amount of the asset transferred will then determine how much we can reduce premiums or it will determine how much we can increase benefits.” “Yesterday, they started to show what all the rest of us know, which is that it’s a ridiculous number.Click to share quote on Twitter: "Today it's back to being a good number."
The advertising campaign and the online survey have come under fire from the NDP, the Canada Pension Plan board and from some callers on Dinning’s two recent telephone town halls.
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