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Spazito

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1. I assume they would have to make it portable...

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Oct 19, 2023, 09:14 PM

Oct 2023

and the contributor wouldn't be able to receive CPP if they paid into whatever the Alberta plan would be.

Putting the Alberta government in charge of an Alberta version of CPP is nuts, imo. There is no doubt the Cons would use it as a slush fund to fund their pet projects like oil and gas projects.

I am a loud NO on this and, from what I have read, so are the majority of Albertans.

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What I don't see in the Danielle Smith tearing Alberta pension plan [View all] applegrove Oct 2023 OP

I assume they would have to make it portable... Spazito Oct 2023 #1

Yes. I'm a big no too. The At Issue Panel on CBC The National applegrove Oct 2023 #2

Selfish idiots AloeVera Oct 2023 #3

It is disgusting but not surprising, sadly... Spazito Oct 2023 #5

Hope you are right. AloeVera Oct 2023 #6

Hope you are right. AloeVera Oct 2023 #7

I don't think Smith will be able to pull it off Fiendish Thingy Oct 2023 #4