{"id":17499,"date":"2019-11-12T09:30:29","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T14:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/alberta-launches-panel-to-examine-involvement-in-cpp-national-pharmacare-138797"},"modified":"2019-11-12T09:30:29","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T14:30:29","slug":"alberta-launches-panel-to-examine-involvement-in-cpp-national-pharmacare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2019\/11\/12\/alberta-launches-panel-to-examine-involvement-in-cpp-national-pharmacare\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta launches panel to examine involvement in CPP, national pharmacare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignleft clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wp-caption feature-image alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/27765265_Janson-Kenney-350x263.jpg\" class=\"attachment-feature size-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Copyright : yelo34 \/\/ 123RF\" title=\"Alberta launches panel to examine involvement in CPP, national pharmacare\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"byline\"><span>Staff<\/span>&nbsp;|&nbsp;November 12, 2019<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, the Alberta Premier Jason Kenney&nbsp;said&nbsp;the provincial government intends to examine the ramifications of disentangling Alberta from multiple federal cost-sharing programs.<\/p>\n<p>At a conference in Red Deer, Alta. on Saturday,&nbsp;he announced the formation of a panel that will consult on subjects such as whether the province should start its own pension system and attempt to withdraw from the Canada Pension Plan. It&nbsp;will also discuss the potential outcomes of the federal government\u2019s proposed pharmacare program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe panel will consult with experts, hold open town hall meetings across the province and undertake research to inform their recommendations,\u201d noted a release from Alberta\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/alberta-will-study-already-compelling-case-for-its-exit-from-cpp-kenney-138701\">Alberta will study already \u2018compelling case\u2019 for its exit from CPP: Kenney<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, the release also said the premier\u2019s priorities for the panel&nbsp;are almost solely&nbsp;aimed at bolstering the province\u2019s&nbsp;fossil fuel industries.<\/p>\n<p>Further, calling it a platform commitment yet to be fulfilled,&nbsp;it said the province intends to demand reforms to the employment insurance program, \u201cto make it more fair to Alberta workers, who continue to subsidize unemployed beneficiaries in other parts of Canada, even though Alberta\u2019s unemployment rate has been above the national average for four years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response, Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley said in a statement that Kenney needs to \u201ccut the theatrics,\u201d adding the premier is deliberately stoking separatist sentiment and using tired ideas for his own political gain. \u201cJason Kenney never talked to Albertans about putting their pensions in jeopardy in the last election and Albertans cannot trust Jason Kenney to be anywhere near their retirement savings,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/can-cpp-have-a-provincial-biased-129004\">Can CPP have a provincial bias?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/alberta-launches-panel-to-examine-involvement-in-cpp-national-pharmacare-138797\">Read the full article at BenefitsCanada.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff&nbsp;|&nbsp;November 12, 2019 Over the weekend, the Alberta Premier Jason Kenney&nbsp;said&nbsp;the provincial government intends to examine the ramifications of disentangling Alberta from multiple federal cost-sharing programs. 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