Fixing the U.S. retirement system – does Canada have the answers?
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Social Security-like reform worked in Canada – could it work in the U.S.?
Social Security-like reform worked in Canada – could it work in the U.S.?
How Canada fixed its government employees pension plans
Retirement security for low- and moderate-income workers
In recent years, Canada has significantly expanded and improved its retirement income and pension system. The Canada Pension Plan (CPP), which provides Canadians with income security in the case of retirement or disability, has been expanded, and its defined benefit plans for government employees has managed to avoid many of the funding problems plaguing comparable U.S. plans. The country is also making advances in expanding coverage to moderate-and-lower income Canadians. But there’s still work to be done, particularly in improving efforts to target policies to low-to-moderate income workers.
How was Canada able to achieve this expansion, and is there anything in the Canadian experience that Americans can use to advance retirement system reforms in the United States? On November 2, the Retirement Security Project at Brookings hosted an event with senior Canadian officials and American experts to discuss the Canadian system and its relevance to American policy debates.
Agenda
Welcome and introduction
William G. Gale
The Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy
Senior Fellow - Economic Studies
Director - Retirement Security Project
Co-Director - Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
Social Security-like reform worked in Canada – could it work in the U.S.?
Jason Fichtner
Senior Lecturer - Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
Fellow - Bipartisan Policy Center
David C. John
Deputy Director - Retirement Security Project
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies
Senior Policy Advisor, AARP Public Policy Institute
How Canada fixed its government employees pension plans
Jim Keohane
President and CEO - Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan
Hugh O’Reilly
President and CEO - OPTrust
Retirement security for low- and moderate-income workers
Jonathan Weisstub
Founding Partner - Common Wealth
J. Mark Iwry
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies
Visiting Scholar, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Conclusion
William G. Gale
The Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy
Senior Fellow - Economic Studies
Director - Retirement Security Project
Co-Director - Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
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