Pensions and Benefits

Opportunities and Obligations – The Road Forward – Osler’s Annual Pensions & Benefits Seminar

Osler’s Pensions & Benefits group discuss the new DB funding rules and other trending issues in pensions and benefits.

Canadian government eliminates facilitation payments exclusion in the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act

As of October 31, 2017, facilitation payments will no longer be excluded from the bribery offence under Canada’s Corruption of Foreign Public...

The evolution of governance — The Canadian Institute’s Pension & Benefits Legal Review

Plan administrators, as fiduciaries, need to be cognizant of the increased legislative and regulatory focus on pension governance over the past 10 to...

Court rejects U.S. pension claim in Canadian CCAA proceeding

In a precedent-setting decision, Justice Fitzpatrick of the British Columbia Supreme Court held that a U.S. multi-employer pension plan’s claim...

Canada’s younger generation needs a new pension tool

Ottawa recently introduced proposed changes that would amend federal pension laws to permit federally regulated employers to provide a pension plan...

Rethinking plan design & funding: pension innovation in Canada

A summary of some of the recent legislative changes made to facilitate pension design changes and innovation.

We wanted pension changes, but OAS age wasn’t one of them

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said this week that the upcoming federal budget will reverse the previous government’s decision to gradually increase...

OECD Considers Availability of Tax Treaty Benefits for Investment Funds, Pension Funds and Private Equity Funds

On November 21, 2014, the OECD released a discussion draft that considers when tax treaty benefits should be granted to various investment funds,...