Category: CPP/QPP/ORPP
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Federal Passes Bill C-97 re Budget Amendments
The federal government passed Bill C-97, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2019 and other measures, on June 21, 2019. Bill C-97 includes amendments to the Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985 (PBSA), the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and certain public sector plans, as well as pension-related amendments to the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA), Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (BIA) and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA . . .
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Quebec Draft Regulation re Quebec Pension Plan
Quebec published a draft regulation amending the Regulation respecting benefits and the Regulation respecting pensionable employment under the Quebec Pension Plan. The draft regulation amendments are intended to harmonize the Regulations with recent enhancements to the QPP . . .
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Federal Bill C-97 re Budget Amendments
The federal government introduced Bill C-97, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2019 and other measures, for first reading on April 8, 2019. Bill C-97 includes amendments to the Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985 (PBSA), the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and certain public sector plans, as well as pension-related amendments to the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA . . .
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Federal Budget 2019
The Federal government released its budget for 2019, which included several pension and benefit related announcements . . .
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Federal Final CPP Regulations re Additional Contributions
The federal government has published Regulation SOR/2019-41, amending the Canada Pension Plan regulations. These amendments will enable recent CPP enhancements, setting out the rules governing the calculation of additional required contributions by employees, employers and self-employed individuals . . .
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Federal Draft Amendments re Salary Overpayments
The federal government published draft amendments to the Canada Pension Plan, Employment Insurance Act and Income Tax Act , which are intended to address issues arising in relation to the repayment of salary overpayments. While the government announcement specifically references overpayments from the federal government's Phoenix pay system, the amendments would apply generally to public and private sector employers . . .
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Status Update: Amendments in Force January 1, 2019
Amendments to federal, Ontario and Saskatchewan pension legislation came into force on January 1, 2019. See below for a quick recap . . .
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Federal Passes Bill C-86 Budget Bill re CPP, EI & Employment Amendments
The federal government passed Bill C-86, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 27, 2018 and other measures, on December 13, 2018 . . .
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Federal Bill C-86 Budget Bill re CPP, EI & Employment Amendments
The federal government introduced Bill C-86, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 27, 2018 and other measures, for first reading on October 29, 2018. Bill C-86 includes amendments to the Canada Pension Plan, Income Tax Act (ITA) and Employment Insurance Act (EI Act), as well as significant amendments to the Canada Labour Code (Code) and the enactment of a new Pay Equity Act (PEA).
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Federal CPP Enhancement Amendments
Last year, the federal government passed Bill C-26, An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act and the Income Tax Act to implement an enhancement of the Canada Pension Plan (see my earlier post). The federal government has recently published a Notice of Ways and Means Motion and draft regulations making further amendments to the Income Tax Act (ITA) and CPP, respectively.
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