A report commissioned by Alberta’s UCP government says if it left the Canada Pension Plan, the province is entitled to take over half the plan’s hundreds of billions worth of assets with it.
Why have analysts ridiculed the estimate?
Why is the UCP spending millions on a push to leave the CPP?
What could an Alberta exit mean for pensions across the country?
CBC writer and producer Jason Markusoff explains.
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The long-awaited report on taking Alberta pensions solo is here. In it, a pitch to take more than half of the national assets. We dive into what an Alberta Pension Plan could look like, plus recap the other big stories of the week with our panel including CBC analysis writer Jason Markusoff, the Globe and Mail’s Kelly Cryderman and Lisa Young from the University of Calgary.