Currently, when investing in domestic equities, the Investment Board is required to replicate the composition of one or more widely recognized broad market indexes of securities traded on a public exchange in Canada. This restriction will be relaxed, allowing the Board to invest actively up to 50 percent of assets allocated to domestic equities. Provinces will be allowed to pre-pay some or all of their borrowings from the Canada Pension Plan at market prices, at no cost to the plan. Although the changes are only in the first stage of implemention, they appear to be accomplishing their aims regarding ensuring the financial health of the Canada Pension Plan. However, some critics from the right continue to question the Plan s financial viability and intergenerational fairness, advocating privatization.
Few people understand the nature of the financing and benefit changes.
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