tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052900791482459984.post2493099630722834608..comments2023-08-20T10:40:23.399-04:00Comments on Views from the lake - eh?: “Mr. Harper left his balls out West….”Canajunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529505799866207528noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052900791482459984.post-40561245040294805482009-05-23T13:33:44.269-04:002009-05-23T13:33:44.269-04:00Anonymous -
According to Stats Can, "the
percenta...Anonymous -<br /><br />According to Stats Can, "the<br />percentage of paid workers belonging to RPPs continued to fall; between 1991 and 1999, coverage slipped from 45% to 41%."<br /><br />But that's only paid workers in an employer-employee relationship. If you include self-employed workers, the percentages drop to 36% and 33% respectively. <br /><br />So by my estimation, for the last 20 years at least, 2/3 of the labour force have not had a defined pension plan.<br /><br />Source: http://dsp-psd.tpsgc.gc.ca/Collection-R/Statcan/74-401-XIB/0000074-401-XIB.pdfCanajunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17529505799866207528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052900791482459984.post-9893978299691980672009-05-23T12:42:24.478-04:002009-05-23T12:42:24.478-04:00"I am one of the vast majority of Canadians who ne..."I am one of the vast majority of Canadians who never had a pension plan"<br /><br />Until the 1990's the vast majority of Canadians were invested in registered pension plans, so it's factual wrong to say that "the vast majority of Canadians" have "never had a pension plan". I can't find Canadian numbers off hand, but in the US the numbers went from 80% in 1985 to 36% in 2000.<br /><br />All of this is a great explanation for why we shouldn't have ditched defined benefit pension plans and should move back toward some sort system of a similar system. The level of risk in individual investment is just not appropriate for most people. Allowing people to invest additional money in the CPP fund through optional private accounts would be a good start.<br /><br />http://www.pensionsatwork.ca/english/ed_tools/scholarly_works/sw_edition1/sw_edition1_q2.phpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052900791482459984.post-39581630975130976142009-05-23T11:34:31.809-04:002009-05-23T11:34:31.809-04:00Great POINT!!!
Which begs the question:
Speaking...Great POINT!!!<br /><br />Which begs the question:<br /><br />Speaking of leaders without “balls”, does Ignatieff have the balls to expose Harper’s lies about tax leakage, and confront Bay Street’s true power brokers and their Flaherty induced rip-off of average Canadians? Or is their something rotten in Ottawa? In Canada? In our democracy at large?Filliblusterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563618107971013947noreply@blogger.com