A new report from the PEW Charitable Trust shows that funding for public sector retirement plans in states across the US is getting worse, a situation which has been compounded by weak investment returns in 2015. New Jersey, for example, has only set aside 38% of what...

The federal government initiated a Canada Post review soon after coming into power in 2015. The review committee plans to hold hearing across the country but has already identified many of the issues that need to be addressed. A big problem for the Corporation is the...

Now that Stephen Harper has retired, the Canadian Taxpayer Federation calculates that he will receive approximately $5.5 million in pension payments if he lives to age 90 (he is currently 58). Jason Kenney, who is currently 49, will receive around $6.3 million to age...

Assets in the CPP grew from $264.6 billion to $278.9 billion in the year ending March 31, 2016, reported the Canada Pension Plan in May. That doesn’t sound like much, when you consider the fund grew by $45.5 billion or 18.3 per cent in the previous 12 months. However,...