A government pension is a fund into which a sum of money is added during the period in which a person is employed by the government. When the government employee retires they are able to receive periodic payments from the fund in order to support themselves. As the birth rate continues to fall and the life expectancy rises governments worldwide are predicting funding shortfalls for pensioners. In 2016 the government proposed raising the CPP benefit to $17,478 from $13,000.
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@9ZYVF3M4mos4MO
Low income pensioners should be increased to at least a living wage and adjust them yearly for cost of living
@9F74YHY2yrs2Y
Should be increased for every retired worker
@8SM79NB4yrs4Y
They should pay for their own pensions.
@8SLS73S4yrs4Y
Yes for everyone but not politicians
@8SH9LNK4yrs4Y
Pensions ought to be governed by C.O.L.A.
@8R3ZM954yrs4Y
No, retired government workers receive enough.
@yuriyp114yrs4Y
should be increased for everyone
@8QKQFRP4yrs4Y
Yes, adjusted yearly for cost of living, but only for government workers, not politicians.
@8PJMGYM4yrs4Y
Not until we reduce the debt, but for government workers and low income pensioners, not for politicians.
@8YTMH69New Democratic3yrs3Y
Increase for all pensioners not just government
@ClarkMcG4yrs4Y
No, but index them to inflation
@8TWZL2K4yrs4Y
Maintain status quo. Cost of living adjustment already built in to existing pension system.
@8QFS26J4yrs4Y
Yes, adjust them yearly for cost of living and for all workers
@8F2KYGZ5yrs5Y
No, that's what retirement plans are for
@9939LR52yrs2Y
@98PQTLX2yrs2Y
Yes but they should be adjusted to the yearly cost of living
@92ZRRWX3yrs3Y
increse for the elderly, regardless if they are government employees or not. Govt should be looking out for populous, not just their club
Yes but only the military
@8VPQ7484yrs4Y
No everyone should be the same
@8VLQ88S4yrs4Y
There should be communism.
No. Government workers have significant pension plans much higher than most citizens because of unionized plans. They include bridging benefits, inflation protection and indexing which is far superior to CPP and OAS alone. (Plus these retirees would also have CPP and OAS)
@8TZHHMX4yrs4Y
Politician pensions should be totally reworked and lowered. Federal employee reirement pensions and benefits should reflect the situation in the rest of Canadian industry.
@8TYJGN54yrs4Y
It should be based on a C.O.L.A. system.
@9225RQH3yrs3Y
Yes, but only POC government workers
@8ZSJL5B3yrs3Y
Yes, progressively increase it. We need to respect our Former workers and officials.
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