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{
"time": "2010-11-23 12:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. John Rafferty",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2211793\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you, Ms. Figueiredo.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2211794\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ms. Bastien, you and Mr. St-Germain were talking about encouraging DB plans to terminate. That might be one of the consequences of this bill. In fact, there's been much talk about the demise of DB plans, or changes or alternatives to them.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2211795\" data-originallang=\"en\">Let me just throw this out to you as a suggestion. We have a good model in Canada. We have the best pension plan in this country, and that is CPP. It's well funded. It's huge. Even in the last recession, it took a blip, but not the bump that RRSP-holders suffered.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2211796\" data-originallang=\"en\">The added bonus with CPP is that it's run by a not-for-profit board. It's a well-run organization. Maybe the best thing is that, unlike EI, the government of the day can't get its hands on it. That's an important point to remember.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2211797\" data-originallang=\"en\">What if DB plans wind down or terminate, and part of the negotiating procedure with employees and employers becomes \u201cLet's make our DB plan a CPP plan\u201d? I'm thinking five, ten years down the road.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2211798\" data-originallang=\"en\">Your thoughts, please.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2211793\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci, madame Figueiredo.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2211794\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mme Bastien, M. St-Germain et vous-m\u00eame avez parl\u00e9 d'encourager l'\u00e9limination des r\u00e9gimes PD. Cela pourrait \u00eatre l'une des cons\u00e9quences du projet de loi. De fait, on a beaucoup parl\u00e9 de la fin des r\u00e9gimes PD, ou de leur modification ou des solutions de rechange. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2211795\" data-originallang=\"en\">Permettez-moi d'hasarder une id\u00e9e. Le mod\u00e8le en place au Canada est bon. Nous avons le meilleur r\u00e9gime de retraite au pays, et je parle du RPC. Il est bien capitalis\u00e9. Il est massif. M\u00eame durant la derni\u00e8re r\u00e9cession, il a pris un coup, mais cela n'avait rien \u00e0 voir avec ce qu'on souffert les titulaires de REER. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2211796\" data-originallang=\"en\">L'avantage du RPC, c'est qu'il est g\u00e9r\u00e9 par un conseil sans but lucratif. C'est un organisme bien g\u00e9r\u00e9. Peut-\u00eatre que sa plus grande qualit\u00e9 tient au fait que, contrairement au r\u00e9gime d'AE, le gouvernement du jour ne peut pas y toucher. C'est l\u00e0 un point important qu'il ne faut pas oublier. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2211797\" data-originallang=\"en\">Qu'adviendrait-il si les r\u00e9gimes PD se faisaient plus rares ou disparaissaient et que, dans le cadre des n\u00e9gociations entre les employ\u00e9s et les employeurs, on disait: \u00ab Transformons notre r\u00e9gime PD en RPC \u00bb? J'imagine cela dans cinq ou dix ans. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2211798\" data-originallang=\"en\">Vos commentaires, je vous prie. </p>"
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