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Worse than it looks: the true burden and risks of federal employee pension plans

May 5, 2016

Report by William Robson and Alexandre Laurin, intro includes "Federal government employees enjoy pure defined-benefit pensions that promise relatively generous benefits to a large current and former workforce. Being largely unfunded, these plans impose on taxpayers obligations running into the hundreds of billions of dollars. What is worse, misleading accounting understates the true burden and risks these plans create for Canadian taxpayers. ..."

Read the full article on: C.D. Howe Institute

 
 
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