Bigger CPP, Bigger Risks: What 'Fully Funded' Expansion Means and Doesn't Mean

Abstract

Younger Canadians are at a material risk of picking up the tab should the soon-to-be expanded Canada Pension Plan experience investment return shortfalls, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “Bigger CPP, Bigger Risks: What “Fully Funded” Expansion Means and Doesn’t Mean,” authors William B.P. Robson and Alexandre Laurin assess the risks of an expanded CPP and suggest how federal and provincial finance ministers can mitigate them.