Canadian Pension Reform—Québec

Bills    

41st Legislature, 1st Session (May 20, 2014 - August 23, 2018)

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

Government Resources

News/Analysis

• Québec amends the funding rules for defined benefit multi-jurisdictional pension plans, Willis Towers Watson, April 23, 2019
• 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 28, 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: 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
• 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
• 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
• 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