COVID-19: Pensions Regulatory Updates Across Canada

There have been many legislative and regulatory changes across Canada for pension plan administrators in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. While we have discussed notable updates in various Blakes insights as they have arisen over the last several months, this infographic provides a high-level summary of changes across the country. We will continue to update this infographic as further legislative and regulatory changes develop.

This infographic is current as of July 27, 2020.

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• July 21, 2020: New Temporary Relief Measures for Supplemental Pension Plans in Quebec
• July 7, 2020: Draft Pension and Deferred Salary Leave Tax Regulations Released
• June 30, 2020: Alberta Introduces Additional COVID-19-Related Relief
• June 2, 2020: Update No. 2: Considerations for Pensions and Benefits During COVID-19
• May 29, 2020: Alert: FSRA Releases Approach to Limitations on Defined Benefit Commuted Value Transfers and Annuity Purchases
• May 28, 2020: Top 5 Employer Questions on the Canada Emergency Response Benefit
• May 1, 2020: Alert: OSFI Updates FAQs for Federally Regulated Private Pension Plans
• April 27, 2020: Alert: FSRA Releases Pension Sector Emergency Management Response
• April 21, 2020: Update: Considerations for Pensions and Benefits During COVID-19
• April 21, 2020: Quebec Announces Temporary Relief Measures for Supplemental Pension Plans During COVID-19
• April 17, 2020: FAQs: Canadian Pension Plans and COVID-19
• April 16, 2020: COVID-19 Equity and Equity-Based Compensation Plan Considerations
• March 23, 2020: Considerations for Pensions and Benefits During COVID-19

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