‘Pause’ in Smith Government’s Alberta pension plan sales pitch sounds more like a strategic effort to regroup (Alberta Politics)

On Friday, Finance Minister Nate Horner used what was billed an “Alberta Pension Plan engagement update” to announce the United Conservative Party Government will “pause” its effort to persuade Albertans the province should take over more than half the assets of the Canada Pension Plan and use them to set up a homebuilt version ...

...on Thursday the Legislature passed legislation requiring a referendum to be held before the province could exit the CPP – although the bill doesn’t say the government has to accept the results of the vote ...

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