The Tribunal found that the respondent school board had not discharged its onus to justify the infringement under section 1 of the Charter.

Administrators of registered pension plans are statutorily required to provide certain information to plan members and other plan beneficiaries.

After much discussion and debate, on May 1, 2018, much of the new rules under the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario) ("PBA") in respect of the funding of defined benefit pension plans came into effect.

In recent years, Canadian pension standards legislation has been in, what seems to be, a constant state of change.

As discussed at our April A.M. Pension webinar, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal recently released its decision in Canadian Elevator Industry Welfare Trust Fund v. Skinner.

In late 2017, the Ontario pension regulator, the Financial Services Commission of Ontario ("FSCO"), announced that it was undertaking a series of "targeted reviews" of selected pension plans.

On March 28, 2018, the Ontario provincial government released its 2018 Budget: A Plan for Care and Opportunity (the "2018 Budget") and introduced for first reading Bill 31, Plan for Care and Opportunity Act (Budget Measures).

There are a number of procedural safeguards that must be respected before the Superintendent can impose a general or summary administrative monetary penalty.

On February 27, 2018, the Canadian federal government released its 2018 Budget: Equality and Growth for a Strong Middle Class (the "2018 Budget").

Are you ready for the upcoming changes to the Canada Pension Plan?

As discussed at our last A.M. Pension Webinar, in 2016, the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario) was amended to give the Ontario pension regulator, the Superintendent of Financial Services, the authority to impose administrative monetary penalties in certain circumstances.

As discussed at our last A.M. Pension Webinar, the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario) ("PBA") was recently amended. In this communiqué, we briefly review those amendments.

The case of Feldstein v. 364 Northern Development Corporation, 2016 BCSC 108 from earlier this year is a reminder to employers to be careful what they say to current and prospective employees.

On June 20th, the federal government and the provinces, except for Quebec and Manitoba, reached an agreement in principle to enhance the Canada Pension Plan ("CPP").

As promised in its March 2016 budget, on April 14th, the Ontario government introduced Bill 186, the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act (Strengthening Retirement Security for Ontarians), 2016 (the "Bill" or the "Act").