Monday, February 9, 2009
11:00 – 12:30 (ET)
Alternate Time Zones: 8:00-9:30 a.m. (PT), 9:00-10:30 a.m. (MT), 10:00-11:30 a.m. (CT), 12:00-1:30 p.m. (AT), 12:30-2:00 p.m. (NT) 
 

Presented by the CBA National Pensions & Benefits Law Section

Presented live via webconference
Cost: $90.00 (plus applicable taxes)

Details

Pension law reforms have been proposed in Ontario, B.C., Alberta and Nova Scotia. How will the governance and funding of pension plans change? Where are regulatory enforcement and appeals headed? What do the proposals mean for member access to information? What other changes to minimum standards concerning pension plans are on the horizon?

Join us for this live, online CLE which will discuss the most significant proposed reforms, areas of common ground and differences between the recommendations.

A panel of experts will be asked to what extent their recommendations are “catching up” with the modern reality of pension plans, or are intended to effect or lead change in the pension field. Harry Arthurs (Ontario Expert Commission on Pensions), Ron Pink (Nova Scotia Pension Review Panel), and Chris Brown (BC-Alberta Joint Expert Panel on Pension Standards) will provide insights on:

 

• Governance and funding of pension plans 
• The future of regulation and dispute resolution
• The likelihood of increased private sector defined benefit (DB) coverage
• Harmonization issues
• Recommended national legislative or policy changes.

This is a must-attend session for those who want to learn more about this changing legal landscape.
 

Presenters: 

Harry W. Arthurs
Former Commissioner, Ontario Expert Commission on Pensions (Toronto)
Professor, Osgood Hall Law School, York University

Ronald A. Pink, Q.C.
Member, Nova Scotia Pension Review Panel
Partner, Pink Larkin (Halifax)

Christopher A. Brown
Former Co-Chair, Alberta-British Columbia Joint Expert Panel on Pension Standards
Partner, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (Calgary)

Moderator: 

Hugh Wright
Partner, McInnes Cooper (Halifax)

 

Registration closed

*Please Note: Online CLE programs are available to CBA members only. Please visit Join the CBA (or call 1-800-267-8860) for information on how to become a CBA member.

Notes:

Ce programme est offert uniquement en anglais.

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