Alberta NDP Leadership candidate Kathleen Ganley committed today to introducing legislation prohibiting any future Alberta Government from leaving the Canada Pension Plan.
“The economy is about people and about making sure that we all have opportunities to build a future,” Ganley said. “Albertans work hard for their money — and pensions are the reward for a long career of contributing to our society.
“Since she was elected, Danielle Smith has broken promises time and time again and continued to play political games with Albertans’ retirement security. I would pass a law to stop this from ever happening again.”
The Canada Pension Plan is world-renowned and consistently generates higher-than-average returns for Canadians.
Thousands of people have attended town halls held by the Alberta NDP Caucus on protecting pensions in recent months and overwhelmingly spoken out against any plan to leave the CPP. Tens of thousands have also signed an online petition.