Category: Public Sector Plans
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Ontario Regulations re Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Employees’ Pension Plan
Ontario filed a series of regulations as a part of the transition of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Employees’ Pension Plan (the WSIB Plan) to a jointly sponsored pension plan . . .
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Ontario Regulation re Letters of Credit
Ontario filed Regulation 231/20 amending the general regulation under the Pension Benefits Act. The amendment adds two more pension plans to the list of public sector plans to which the PBA letter of credit provisions apply . . .
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Ontario Regulation re University Plan Exemptions
Ontario filed Regulation 32/20, adding an exemption for the listed university pension plans . . .
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Canada (Attorney General) v. British Columbia Investment Management Corp., 2019 SCC 63 – Appeal re Taxation of Public Sector Plan Dismissed
Under the Constitution Act, 1867, provincial governments and their agents are immune from federal taxation when acting within their legislated mandates. The British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (bcIMC), which was established under the B.C. Public Sector Pension Plans Act (PSPPA) as a Crown trust corporation to provide certain trust business and investment management services to various B.C. public sector pension plans, enjoyed that constitutional immunity . . .
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Ontario Passes Bill 132 & 138 re PBA Amendments
Ontario Bill 132, Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2019 and Bill 138, Plan to Build Ontario Together Act, 2019, received Royal Assent on December 10, 2019 . . .
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Alberta Regulations re JSPPs & Pension Division on Relationship Breakdown
Alberta filed two regulations: Budget Implementation (Pensions) Amendment Regulation (Budget Regulation) and the Pension Plans Regulations (Family Property) Amendment Regulation (Family Law Regulation), which amend the Employment Pension Plans Regulation . . .
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Kreppner v. HMQ, 2019 ONSC 6667 – Multiple Pension Claims Re Divestment Continue in Small Claims Court
As a part of the divestment of the Municipal Property Assessment Program to the Ontario Property Assessment Corporation (now Municipal Property Assessment Corporation or "MPAC"), employees ceased to be active members of the Ontario Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) and became active members of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System Pension Plan (OMERS). At the time of the divestment, employees' accrued benefits were not transferred from PSPP to OMERS. As a result, on retirement, employees would receive two separate pensions (one from each plan) for service before and after December 30, 1998 . . .
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Alberta Passes Bill 22 re Public Sector Pension Plans
Alberta passed Bill 22, Reform of Agencies, Boards and Commissions and Government Enterprise Act, 2019, on November 22, 2019. Bill 22 includes amendments to the Employment Pension Plans Act and the Joint Governance of Public Sector Pension Plans Act . . .
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Alberta Bill 22 Includes Public Sector Pension Amendments
Alberta introduced Bill 22, Reform of Agencies, Boards and Commissions and Government Enterprise Act, 2019, for first reading on November 18, 2019. Bill 22 includes amendments to the Employment Pension Plans Act and the Joint Governance of Public Sector Pension Plans Act . . .
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Quebec Passes Bill 38 re Public Sector Plans
Quebec passed Bill 38, An Act amending certain Acts establishing public sector pension plans, which re-enacts provisions in a number of Quebec public sector plans overriding section 15 (right to equality) of the Charter . . .
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