Events

Avenues for Reforming the Canadian Retirement Income System

May 4-5, 2010, Toronto, Ontario
program


The IRPP is grateful to the following organizations for their financial support:

  • Sun Life Financial
  • Ontario Ministry of Finance
  • Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
  • Department of Finance Canada
  • BMO Financial Group
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Session 1 - Income replacement under the current retirement income system

Session 2 - Individual and market failures: The role of government in retirement saving

    The Role of Government in Protecting Collective Retirement Savings: Pension Guarantees, Bankruptcy Laws and Creditor Protection

    Speaker:
    Murray Gold (Koskie Minsky LLP), in place of Ronald B. Davis (University of British Columbia)

    Commentator:
    Norma Nielson (University of Calgary)

    The Role of Financial Literacy in Retirement Saving and Individual Savers' Decision-Making

    Speaker:
    Robert Clark (North Carolina State University)

    Commentator:
    David Boisclair (Institute for Research on Public Policy)

    Individual Risk-Taking: Health and Longevity Risks, Investment Costs and Legal Risks

    Speaker:
    Malcolm Hamilton (Mercer Human Resource Consulting)

    Commentator:
    Steven James (Canada Pension Plan Investment Board)

Lunch

Session 3 - Panel on retirement saving instruments for workers in small and medium-sized businesses

Session 4 - Assessing recent reform proposals: Criteria and approaches

Dinner

Session 5 - Perspectives on recent proposals: Panel discussion

Session 6 - Wrap-up session

    Speaker: Bruce Little, rapporteur (journalist)