An Alberta Pension Plan: What are the potential implications and consequences?

Date and Time

December 12, 2023 from 11:30 to 13:15
A meal will be provided on-site.

Location

HEC Montréal – Hélène-Desmarais Building

Room A.373 – Claude-Séguin Conference Center
501 Rue De la Gauchetière W., Montréal, QC H2Z 1Z5

Square-Victoria–OACI Station

Free registration

An Alberta Pension Plan: What are the potential implications and consequences?

With Trevor Tombe (Professor of Economics and a Research Fellow at The School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary and co-director of Finances of the Nation) and Bernard Morency (Adjunct Professor, Retirement and Savings Institute, HEC Montréal).

The Alberta Government is currently consulting its citizens on creating an Alberta Pension Plan (APP), which would be managed within the province and exist separately from the current Canada Pension Plan (CPP). Professor Trevor Tombe, one of Alberta’s most prominent economists, will present his recent research on the potential financial implications of an APP for Alberta residents. He will discuss the long-run viability of such a plan, including the implications for contribution rates and benefit levels, using a detailed quantitative model. Further, the demographic and investment risks of an APP will be explored. Bernard Morency will then discuss the research results, considering the experience and learnings from managing the Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) separately from the CPP since 1966, and raise questions about the possible creation of APP for the stakeholders involved.

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