Bills    

Current Session (May 20, 2014 - )

Bill 149
An Act to enhance the Québec Pension Plan and to amend various retirement-related legislative provisions (Leitão)
Received Assent February 22, 2018

Bill 57
An Act to amend the Supplemental Pension Plans Act mainly with respect to the funding of defined benefit pension plans (Hamad)
Received Assent November 26, 2015

Bill 34
An Act to amend the Supplemental Pension Plans Act with respect to the funding and restructuring of certain multi-employer pension plans (Blais)
Received Assent April 2, 2015

Bill 3
An Act to foster the financial health and sustainability of municipal defined benefit pension plans (Moreau)
Received Assent December 4, 2014

Government Resources

• Strengthening the Plan to Promote Greater Intergenerational Fairness, Retraite Quebec - QPP Consultation
  Public hearings January 17-20, 2017
• New Multi-Jurisdictional Pension Plan Agreement, Retraite Québec Newsletter, July 20, 2016
• Private-sector pension plans et al. Retraite Québec, May 11, 2016
• Amendments to the Supplemental Pension Plans Act effective 1 January 2016, Retraite Québec Newsletter, April 2016
• Guidance and Notices Related to Bill 3 (French only), Régie des rentes du Québec, December 5, 2014
• Document complémentaire: Infographie sur les RVER Cet hyperlien s'ouvrira dans une nouvelle fenêtre, Régie des rentes du Québec, June 27, 2014 (French only)         
• RVER: Régime volontaire d'épargne-retraite [VRSP], Liaison RRQ Magazine, June 2, 2014
• VRSP Draft Regulations, Régie des rentes du Québec, March 12, 2014
  Provides the legal framework for VRSPs; Comments due 45 days after regulations published (published March 12, 2014) (French)
• Voluntary Retirement Savings Plans (VRSPs), Régie des rentes du Québec
• Workers and VRSPs, Régie des rentes du Québec

News/Analysis

• Funding policy implementation for defined benefit pension plans registered in Quebec, Morneau Shepell, August 2018
• Just 17% of employers starting plans for CPP, QPP changes, Benefits Canada, April 18, 2018
• Quebec Passes Legislation to Mirror CPP Enhancements and Makes Changes to its Pension Legislation, Hicks Morley, March 23, 2018
• Enhancements to the Quebec Pension Plan - Adoption of Bill 149, Willis Towers Watson, February 27, 2018
• Quebec move to follow CPP changes ‘good news’: ACPM, Benefits Canada, November 3, 2017
• Quebec: Details on QPP expansion and other rules for supplemental plans, Morneau Shepell, November 2, 2017
• New DB pension proposals in Quebec, Ontario tackle annuity purchases, Benefits Canada, August 24, 2017
• Quebec releases Draft Regulation on DB plan funding, Eckler, August 18, 2017
• Quebec: New rules for member-funded pension plans, Morneau Shepell, May 2017
• A look at Quebec’s pension solvency changes one year on, Benefits Canada, February 21, 2017
• Sounding Board: Expansion of QPP necessary for future of Canada’s retirement system, Benefits Canada, January 30, 2017
• QPP reform must target middle-income earners: ACPM, Benefits Canada, January 27, 2017
• Quebec's Voluntary Retirement Savings Plan: Action required in 2016, Willis Towers Watson, July 7, 2016
• Canada and four provinces sign PRPP agreement, Benefits Canada, June 27, 2016
• Funding of Québec Pension Plans: Draft Regulation With Respect to Bill No. 57, Aon Hewitt, April 7, 2016
• Quebec shakes up pension landscape with shift to going-concern funding, Benefits Canada, February 22, 2016
• New Year, New Pension Funding Rules in Québec: Passage of Bill 57, Eckler Ltd., December 21, 2015
• News From Quebec, McCarthy Tetrault, July 6, 2015
• Quebec: Bill respecting the funding of defined benefit pension plans, Morneau Shepell, June 2015
• Québec proposes changes to pension funding rules, Benefits Canada, June 22, 2015
• Bill tabled for private pension plans, Régie des rentes du Québec, June 18, 2015
• Bill 57: Funding of Defined Benefit Pension Plans Registered in Quebec, Willis Towers Watson, June 15, 2015
• Québec Proposes Pension Funding Reform for Private Sector Plans, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, June 12, 2015
• Multi-Employer Pension Plans Completely Overhauled by Québec’s Bill 34, Langlois Kronström Desjardins, April 15, 2015
• Québec: Funding and restructuring of multi-employer pension plans, Morneau Shepell, February 2015
• Pension deficit highlights need for reform, says Denis Coderre, CBC News, January 19, 2015
• Québec passes pension reform bill, Benefits Canada, December 5, 2014
• Bill 3, Quebec's controversial pension reform, passes into law, CBC News, December 4, 2014
• Québec municipal workers protest pension reforms, Benefits Canada, November 27, 2014
• Pension disputes, pension envy, Montreal Gazette, November 15, 2014
• Highlights of amendments to Bill 3 concerning municipal pension plans in Québec, Morneau Shepell, October 20, 2014
• Proposed amendments Bill 3, Morneau Shepell, October 8, 2014
• Mayor Denis Coderre says city was right to fire Bill 3 protesters, CBC News, October 3, 2014
• Bill 3 amendments to delay pension plan restructuring proposed, CBC News, October 2, 2014
• Québec Proposes Reforms to Municipal Defined Benefit Pension Plans, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, July 7, 2014
• Small business owners support VRSP, Benefits Canada, June 26, 2014       
• Québec introduces bill to reform municipal pensions, Benefits Canada, June 16, 2014
• Restructuring Pensions in Québec's Municipal Sector: Hints of Private Sector Reform to Come?  Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, March 4, 2014  
• The New Voluntary Retirement Savings Plans Act, Langlois, February 12, 2014