This report consolidates input from all federal departments providing services on behalf of the Canada Pension Plan, with the intent of providing a more meaningful presentation of the business of managing the Plan. It includes background information on the Plan, a review of departmental responsibilities and special initiatives under the Plan, and reports from individual departments such as Human Resources Development Canada and the Dept. of Finance. The Canada Pension Plan Account and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Fund financial statements are also presented. The report concludes with an annual report of the Canada Pension Plan Advisory Board.

"The Annotated Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security Act is the first in-depth treatment of these two important statutes, as they have been interpreted by the case law. The authors review the legislation, regulations and decisions of the courts, the Pension Appeals Board and the Review Tribunal, providing exclusive insights into the law and the different ways in which it can be applied. The 2009 edition updates the legislation and digests of decisions issued by the Supreme Court of Canada, Federal Court, Pension Appeals Board and the Review Tribunal over the last year. All pending legislation will be incorporated into the Acts."--pub. desc.

This report consolidates input from all federal departments providing services on behalf of the Canada Pension Plan, with the intent of providing a more meaningful presentation of the business of managing the Plan. It includes background information on the Plan, a review of departmental responsibilities and special initiatives under the Plan, and reports from individual departments such as Human Resources Development Canada and the Dept. of Finance. The Canada Pension Plan Account and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Fund financial statements are also presented. The report concludes with an annual report of the Canada Pension Plan Advisory Board.

Democratic government is about making choices. Sometimes those choices involve the distribution of benefits. At other times they involve the imposition of some type of loss—a program cut, increased taxes, or new regulatory standards. Citizens will resist such impositions if they can, or will try to punish governments at election time. The dynamics of loss imposition are therefore a universal—if unpleasant—element of democratic governance. The Government Taketh Away examines the repercussions of unpopular government decisions in Canada and the United States, the two great democratic nations of North America. Pal, Weaver, and their contributors compare the capacities of the U.S. presidential system and the Canadian Westminster system to impose different types of losses: symbolic losses (gun control and abortion), geographically concentrated losses (military base closings and nuclear waste disposal), geographically dispersed losses (cuts to pensions and to health care), and losses imposed on business (telecommunications deregulation and tobacco control). Theory holds that Westminster-style systems should, all things being equal, have a comparative advantage in loss imposition because they concentrate power and authority, though this can make it easier to pin blame on politicians too. The empirical findings of the cases in this book paint a more complex picture. Westminster systems do appear to have some robust abilities to impose losses, and US institutions provide more opportunities for loss-avoiders to resist government policy in some sectors. But in most sectors, outcomes in the two countries are strikingly similar. The Government Taketh Away is essential for the scholar and students of public policy or comparative policy. It is also an important book for the average citizen who wants to know more about the complexities of living in a democratic society where the government can give-but how it can also, sometimes painfully, "taketh away."

The Plan is a defined benefit plan primarily for employees of the British Columbia provincial government and certain Crown corporations, agencies and institutions. This annual report looks at the roles and responsibilities of the Commission, the Ministry, various other committees, and the Provincial Treasury. It presents a list of employers, and describes member services: contributions, termination benefits, portability provisions, and pensions paid and granted. Financial statements are given, followed by information on investments: investment asset mix, the portfolio, and performance.