Joel Harden, of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is interviewed by Ish Theilheimer for Straight Goods News, about the crisis caused to pensions by the recession in Canada.
The Harper Conservatives are poised to make small but high-impact changes to pension law that will let companies duck pension responsibilities and use pension money for other purposes. At the same time, they government has rejected a method it could use immediately to inject $200 billion stimulus into the economy through pension insurance.
With the economic crisis, Canadians in every trade and profession have become worried about their pensions and the stability of the plans that back them. Learn More...
