Alberta premier’s push for separate provincial pension plan part of broader conflict with Ottawa, say experts, but necessary to keep base on side

'That’s not the way multilateral negotiations in general work, and it’s certainly not the way that multilateral intergovernmental relations in Canada work,' says Jared Wesley from the University of Alberta.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Smith has ramped up the rhetoric around establishing an Alberta Pension Plan outside of the Canada Pension Plan. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

October 9, 2023

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s recent renewed push for an Alberta Pension Plan that would see the province leave the Canada Pension Plan Fund is part of a broader conflict with Ottawa that traditi...

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