2019

Terra Klinck and John Prezioso of Hicks Morley examine General Motors of Canada Limited v. Ontario (Superintendent of Financial Services), a recent decision of the Ontario Financial Services Tribunal which upheld a decision of the Ontario pension regulator to refuse registration of a particular plan amendment dealing with vesting.

Terra Klinck and Elizabeth Winter of Hicks Morley review a recent decision by the B.C. Labour Board upholding an arbitrator’s ruling that NCR Canada Ltd. was estopped from requiring a group of employees participating in a defined benefit plan to…

Last July, most of the provisions of the Quebec Voluntary Retirement Savings Plans Act came into effect. Voluntary Retirement Savings Plans are the Quebec version of the federally regulated Pooled Registered Pension Plans.

In September, MTS announced that it had reached an agreement with its unions and retirees regarding the implementation of a ruling by the SCC that millions in pension surplus that existed since 1997 belonged to certain employees and retirees of MTS…

Legislation tabled in Nova Scotia this fall will likely make the province the first in the Atlantic region to allow employers to offer PRPPs. Ian Breneman looks at the proposed bill and compares it with federal and other provincial legislation.