Alberta’s threat to leave CPP presents political opportunity for feds, observers say, as Grits accuse Tories of filibuster at Finance Committee

Former Alberta NDP staffer Leah Ward said Chrystia Freeland has made a mistake offering to provide the federal government’s calculations on how much money the Alberta government would receive if it left the Canada Pension Plan as this plays ‘massively’ playing into the strategy of Danielle Smith.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has suggested that if Alberta were to leave the Canada Pension Plan, it could be entitled to 53 per cent of its current assets.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY IAN CAMPBELL

November 10, 2023

Premier Danielle Smith has found few allies outside of Alberta in her campaign to take her province out of the Canada Pension Plan, but the fight may offer a political opportunity for either the federal Liberals or Conservatives—depending how they frame the issue—say obs...

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