PO Podcast 40 - The real impact of the pension reform plan

The real impact of the pension reform plan, a Policy Options podcast. In June of 2016, the Liberal government announced reforms to Canada’s retirement income system. At the heart of the plan was a commitment to increase the benefits provided by the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). While this might seem like an unquestionable win for Canadians’ chequebooks, a new IRPP study finds that Canadians are not likely to benefit as much as they’d think from the plan to enhance the CPP. Bob Baldwin is an Ottawa-based consultant and co-author of the new IRPP study “Unfinished Business: Pension Reform in Canada”. He stopped by the podcast to explain why the reform falls short of its goals and how the government can address the issue. Download for free. New episodes every second Tuesday. Tweet your questions and comments to @IRPP or @AlexShadeed. See Bob Baldwin and Richard Shillington’s IRPP study “Unfinished Business: Pension Reform in Canada” at on-irpp.org/2rsdcPR