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Ontario Budget: Highlights for Unions, Employees and Benefit Plans
May 12, 2017
In a previous Blog Post we reviewed highlights from the 2017 Federal Budget. The 2017 Ontario Budget was released on April 27, 2017. The Ontario Budget contains the significant commitment to a universal pharmacare program for persons under 25, as well as a number of updates with respect to various pension reform efforts. OHIP+ Children
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Pension and Benefits
Two Approaches to Solvency Funding Reform: A summary of Ontario’s Consultation Paper
September 19, 2016
Ontario is currently in the process of reviewing solvency funding rules for single employer defined benefit (“DB”) pension plans under the Pension Benefits Act. On July 26, 2016, the Ministry of Finance released a “Review of Ontario’s Solvency Funding Framework for Defined Benefit Pension Plans” Consultation Paper soliciting feedback on a number of potential reforms
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Pension and Benefits