CPP expansion crucial test for new finance minister

Canadians can’t afford another four years of ragging the puck on pension reform. New numbers, released last week by the Broadbent Institute, show us why.

Seven weeks later, Finance Minister Bill Morneau is sounding less laissez faire. Let’s wait and see what he sounds like in June when he meets again with provincial ministers to discuss CPP, writes Sarah Schmidt. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY SARAH SCHMIDT

February 22, 2016

OTTAWA—During the Harper years, we got used to hearing the well-worn line about why now was not the time to expand the Canada Pension Plan. The economy was still too fragile, the Conservatives told us over and over again—leaving the distinct impression that the economy, even if firing in all cy...

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