One caller says it's "insane" to think Alberta can take more than half out of CPP (Alberta goverment graphic)

By The Canadian Press

Telephone town hall hears growing calls for hard numbers before taking Alberta pension plan idea to a referendum

Oct 25, 2023 | 6:20 AM

EDMONTON – The panel gathering feedback on whether Alberta should quit the Canada Pension Plan is hearing renewed calls to get some hard numbers before the issue goes to a referendum.

Jim Dinning’s panel took calls from residents in southern Alberta in the second of five telephone town halls.

A number of callers say the government needs to negotiate and nail down with the feds exactly how much Alberta will get from the C-P-P before it has a vote on whether or not to go it alone.

Right now, the government is relying on a third-party report that says Alberta is entitled to leave the C-P-P with 334-billion-dollars.

That is more than half the C-P-P fund’s assets.

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One caller told Dinning that it is quote “insanity” to think the federal government will let Alberta leave with half the C-P-P.

(The Canadian Press)