Pierre Poilievre, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, is pictured during a press conference in Vancouver, B.C, on Thursday, September 14, 2023.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has waded into the pension debate between Alberta and Ottawa, blaming the dispute on the prime minister and urging Albertans to remain in the Canada Pension Plan.Pierre Poilievre, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, has waded into the pension debate between Alberta and Ottawa urging the province to stay in the CPP.
Smith has long called for Alberta to leave the CPP and told reporters after the release of the LifeWorks report that "an Alberta pension plan would be fairer and could make life more affordable for all Albertans." "I encourage Albertans to stay in the CPP," Poilievre said, adding he will "protect and secure the CPP for Albertans and all Canadians" by being a fair prime minister that lets Alberta "develop its resources to secure our future."
"Any attempt to do so will be seen as an attack on the constitutional and legal rights of Alberta, and met with serious legal and political consequences," she wrote.Meanwhile, critics have ripped into the math underlying the conclusions in the LifeWorks report.
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