Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Jack Farrell
Publication Date: May 1, 2025 - 20:08
Alberta’s Smith says she doesn’t see ‘an appetite’ for provincial pension plan
May 1, 2025
The idea of Alberta opting out of the Canada Pension Plan isn’t moving ahead – at least for now.Premier Danielle Smith says she won’t be putting the creation of a provincial pension plan to a referendum any time soon.“I’m not seeing that there’s an appetite to put it to the people at the moment,” Smith told reporters at an unrelated news conference Thursday.
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